tallacunt
Tashelhit
Alternative forms
- talaccunt
Etymology
Borrowed from Hebrew לָשׁוֹן (lashón, “tongue, language”). Doublet of ils (“tongue, language”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /talːaʃunt/
Noun
tallacunt f (Tifinagh spelling ⵜⴰⵍⵍⴰⵛⵓⵏⵜ, Arabic spelling تالّاشونت)
- Hebrew argot, a secret Hebrew-based ethnolect spoken by the Berber Jews of Morocco
- آر ساوالن س تلّاشونت ― ar sawaln s tllacunt ― They speak Hebrew argot.
See also
References
- Stroomer, Harry (2025), Dictionnaire berbère tachelḥiyt-français — Tome 4 t—ẓ (Handbook of Oriental Studies – Handbuch der Orientalistik; 188/4) (in French), Leiden, The Netherlands: Brill, , →ISBN, page 2448a