Tarjumo language
(Redirected from Old Kanembu language)
| Tarjumo | |
|---|---|
| Old Kanembu | |
| Native to | Nigeria |
Native speakers | None[1] liturgical use only |
Early form | |
| 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".
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