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Tarjumo language

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Tarjumo
Old Kanembu
Native toNigeria
Native speakers
None[1]
liturgical use only
Early form
Language codes
ISO 639-3txj
Glottologtarj1235

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

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  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)