Tarjumo language

Tarjumo
Tarjumo
Old Kanembu
Native to	Nigeria
Native speakers	None; liturgical use only
Language family	Nilo-Saharan? Saharan Western Kanuri Tarjumo; ; ; ;
Early form	Old Kanembu
Language codes
ISO 639-3	txj
Glottolog	tarj1235

Tarjumo is a Kanuri liturgical language of Nigeria. Also referred to as "Classical Kanembu," it is a modernized form of Old Kanembu from c. 1400 CE and is unintelligible with modern Kanembu or Kanuri.^[2]^[3] The name derives from the Arabic verb tarjama (ترجم), meaning "to translate." It is primarily used by Muslim scholars for exegesis of the Qur'an (tafsir) and other Arabic texts.

References edit

^ Tarjumo at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
^ "Old Kanembu - African Department - SOAS". www.soas.ac.uk. Retrieved 2017-06-22.
^ Bondarev, Dmitry (January 2013). "Performance of Multilayered Literacy: Tarjumo of the Kanuri Muslim Scholars". {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)

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[e18-1] Tarjumo at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)

[2] "Old Kanembu - African Department - SOAS". www.soas.ac.uk. Retrieved 2017-06-22.

[3] Bondarev, Dmitry (January 2013). "Performance of Multilayered Literacy: Tarjumo of the Kanuri Muslim Scholars". {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)

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