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单词 mole–dagbani
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Mole–Dagbaniadj.n.

Brit. /ˈməʊleɪ daɡˈbɑːni/, U.S. /ˈmoʊleɪ dæɡˈbɑni/
Inflections: Plural Mole-Dagbanis, unchanged.
Forms: 1900s– Mole-Dagbane, 1900s– Mole-Dagbani.
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: Mole adj.2, English Dagbani.
Etymology: < Mole adj.2 + Dagbani, the name of a people and language of West Africa. With use as noun compare Mole n.9
A. adj.
Designating the group of languages of which Mole (i.e. Mooré) and Dagbani are typical members or the speakers of these languages.
ΚΠ
1932 D. Westermann in R. S. Rattray Tribes of Ashanti Hinterland iv. 122 The Gur group is divided into the following sub-groups: (a) Mosi-Dagomba (Mole-Dagbane) sub-group, [etc.].
1957 Jrnl. Royal Anthropol. Inst. 87 75 Dagari belongs to the Mossi (or Mole-Dagbani) language group.
1985 Internat. Family Planning Perspectives 11 123/1 Mole-Dagbani women..breastfeed for an average of 23 months.
B. n.
A language belonging to the Mole–Dagbani language group. Also: a member of the group of peoples who speak Mole–Dagbani languages.
ΚΠ
1949 M. 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.
1967 Stud. Family Planning 1 13/3 The Mole-Dagbanis, unsophisticated immigrants from the poor areas of the north, show a similar lack of change.
1994 Amer. Polit. Sci. Rev. 88 623/1 The Mole-Dagbani of the North and Upper regions constitute 16%.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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