Tarjumo language

Tarjumo
Native to	Nigeria
Native speakers	None^[1] liturgical use only
Language family	Nilo-Saharan? Saharan Western Kanuri Tarjumo
Early forms	Old Kanembu Tarjumo
Language codes
ISO 639-3	`txj`
Glottolog	`tarj1235`^[2]

Tarjumo is a liturgical language of Nigeria. It is a descendent of Old Kanembu of ca. 600 ya, and unintelligible with Modern Kanembu.

External links

↑ Tarjumo at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
↑ Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Tarjumo". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.

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