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

^ 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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