OLAC resources in and about the Timne language

ISO 639-3: tem

The combined catalog of all OLAC participants contains the following resources that are relevant to this language:

• Primary texts
• Lexical resources
• Language descriptions
• Other resources about the language

Other known names and dialect names: Banta, Bombali, Kholifa, Konike, Koya, Malal, Masingbi, Pil, Ribia, Sanda, Temen, Temne, Themne, Timene, Timmannee, Western Temne, Yoni

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Primary texts

1. ONLINEAkafa Ka C Teper. The Long Now Foundation. 1993. The Bible Society in Sierra Leone. oai:rosettaproject.org:rosettaproject_tem_gen-1
2. ONLINEAnthropological Report on Sierra Leone. Northcote, Thomas W. 1970. Westport, Connecticut: Negro Universities Press. oai:rosettaproject.org:rosettaproject_tem_vertxt-1

Lexical resources

1. ONLINECrúbadán language data for Themne. Kevin Scannell. 2018. The Crúbadán Project. oai:crubadan.org:tem
2. An English-Temne dictionary = or, K'áfa ka asʾím tra atr'ḁ́ntr trḁ-yíṅklĭs re as'ím trạ-témn̲e atra-bé̄kan̲e-e. Schlenker, Christian Frederick. 1880. London : Printed for the Church missionary society. oai:gial.edu:28158
3. ONLINEThemne Swadesh List. n.a. n.d. The Rosetta Project: A Long Now Foundation Library of Human Language. oai:rosettaproject.org:rosettaproject_tem_swadesh-1

Language descriptions

1. An outline of the Temne language. Wilson, William André Auquier, 1927-. 1961. [London] : School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London. oai:gial.edu:24175
2. ONLINEGlottolog 5.0 Resources for Timne. n.a. 2024. Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology. oai:glottolog.org:timn1235
3. ONLINEPHOIBLE 2.0 phonemic inventories for Timne. n.a. 2019. Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History. oai:phoible.org:timn1235
4. ONLINELexical analysis in Temne with an illustrative wordlist. Dalby, D. 2024. WALS Online. oai:refdb.wals.info:180
5. ONLINEAlphabets of Africa. Hartell, Rhonda L. 1993. Dakar, Senegal: UNESCO Regional Office. oai:rosettaproject.org:rosettaproject_tem_ortho-1
6. ONLINEAnthropological Report on Sierra Leone. Northcote, Thomas W. 1970. Westport, Connecticut: Negro Universities Press. oai:rosettaproject.org:rosettaproject_tem_phon-1
7. ONLINEWALS Online Resources for Temne. n.a. 2024. Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology. oai:wals.info:tne
8. ONLINELAPSyD Online page for Themne. Maddieson, Ian. 2009. www.lapsyd.ddl.cnrs.fr. oai:www.lapsyd.ddl.ish-lyon.cnrs.fr:src575

Other resources about the language

1. ONLINEAn Outline of the Temne Language. Wilson, W. André A. 1961. School of Oriental and African Studies. oai:refdb.wals.info:912
2. ONLINETemne Phonology and Morphology. Yillah, M. S. 1992. WALS Online RefDB. oai:refdb.wals.info:1348
3. ONLINEAn Introduction to Temne Grammar. Scott, J. P. L. 1956. Government Printing Department. oai:refdb.wals.info:2734
4. ONLINEA handbook of the Temne language. Sumner, A. T. 1922. Government Printing Office. oai:refdb.wals.info:4236
5. ONLINEThe evolution of grammar: Tense, aspect and modality in the languages of the world. Bybee, Joan L.; Perkins, Revere; Pagliuca, William. 1994. The University of Chicago Press. oai:refdb.wals.info:4270
6. ONLINEThemne: a language of Sierra Leone. n.a. 2018. SIL International. oai:ethnologue.com:tem
7. ONLINELINGUIST List Resources for Timne. Damir Cavar, eLinguistics Foundation Board Member (editor); Malgorzata E. Cavar, Director of Linguist List (editor). 2022-05-31. The LINGUIST List (www.linguistlist.org). oai:linguistlist.org:lang_tem
8. Alphabets of Sierra Leone – Country Introduction from Alphabets of Africa. Coomber, Ajayi. 1993. UNESCO and Summer Institute of Linguistics. oai:sil.org:5151
9. ONLINEMåshelƆ Ma AŋfƏm ŋa Råru Ta Åmari Ma Råwuni KƏpet. The Long Now Foundation. 1999. Sierra Leone: National Commission for Democracy and Human Rights. oai:rosettaproject.org:rosettaproject_tem_undec-1

Other known names and dialect names: Banta, Bombali, Kholifa, Konike, Koya, Malal, Masingbi, Pil, Ribia, Sanda, Temen, Temne, Themne, Timene, Timmannee, Western Temne, Yoni

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