| Tarjumo | |
|---|---|
| Old Kanembu | |
| Native to | Nigeria |
| Native speakers | None liturgical use only |
| Language family | Nilo-Saharan? |
| Early form | Old Kanembu |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | txj |
| Glottolog | tarj1235 |
Tarjumo is a Kanuri liturgical language of Nigeria. Also referred to as Old or Classical Kanembu, it is a modernized form of Old Kanembu from c. 1400 CE and is unintelligible with modern Kanembu or Kanuri. 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. Archived from the original on 2017-03-25. Retrieved 2017-06-22.
- Bondarev, Dmitry (January 2013). "Performance of Multilayered Literacy: Tarjumo of the Kanuri Muslim Scholars".
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Bibliography
- Bondarev, Dmitry (2024). Old Kanembu – English Dictionary English–Old Kanembu Dictionary. doi:10.13140/RG.2.2.14739.04648. Retrieved December 12, 2024.
- SOAS. "Borno and Old Kanembu Islamic Manuscripts". SOAS Digital Collections. Retrieved December 12, 2024.
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