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Tallensi, n. (and a.)|təˈlɛnsɪ|
Also Talensi, Talenssi, etc.
[Native name.]
a. An African people of Northern Ghana.
b. The language spoken by this people, belonging to the Voltaic or Gur group of the Niger-Congo languages. Also attrib. or as adj.
1920A. W. Cardinall Natives N. Territories Gold Coast i. 1 The area..is peopled by mixed races, of which the principal tribes are Nankanni, Nabdam, Talansi..and Builsa. 1936Discovery June 169/1 A Talenssi tribesman of the Gold Coast. 1949M. Fortes Web of Kinship among Tallensi i. 1 The Tallensi are typical of the great congeries of Mole-Dagbane-speaking peoples that occupy the basin of the Volta rivers in the French Ivory Coast. 1951R. Firth Elem. Social Organization vi. 207 In Tallensi ideology filial piety is an important moral principle. 1952Westermann & Bryan Lang. W. Afr. v. 65 Talensi, own name talene. Language. Spoken by: Talensi (Tallensi, Tallense, Talansi, Talense), call themselves talis, talensi (Sing. talenja, talenga). Where spoken: Gold Coast, Zuarungu District. 1958D. Emmet Function, Purpose & Powers ii. 33 In the West African Tallensi society..the important relations in terms of which behaviour is directed are kinship relations. 1963Internat. Jrnl. Amer. Linguistics XXIX. i. 8 An enumeration of the membership of the Niger-Congo family by tentative genetic subfamilies follows..Gur:..Talensi. 1972J. Goody in P. Laslett Household & Family 106 The Tallensi and the Ashanti of Ghana. |