Harshen Kehek

Mutanen Kehek na Libya ta dā sun yi magana da yaren Kehek . Shi ne farkon rubuce-rubucen da ba na Semitic ba kuma ba na Masarautar Afroasiatic ba. Da kyar aka tabbatar da shi a cikin rubutun papyrus da aka rubuta a cikin hieratic, dangane da sihirin maciji, da aka rubuta a zamanin Sabon Mulki . Ko wasu ƴan ƙasar Libiya na dā kamar Meshwesh ko Libu suna magana da yare ɗaya da Kehek ba a sani ba. Har ila  harshe na iya zama misali na farko na rubutaccen Berber, ko Proto-Berber iri-iri ko da yake yanayinsa a matsayin rubutun sassauƙa yana sa ya zama da wuya a gane wani abu banda Afro-Asiatic. 

 Ilimin sauti 
Ƙididdigar sautin harshe da alama yayi kama da tsarin sauti na Proto-Berber, har ma fiye da na Masar, Semitic, ko na Nilo-Saharan . Silvestri, Jason P. (2023). "The Oldest Berber Text(s)? Egyptian Evidence for the Ancient Libyan Language(s)". Études et Documents Berbères. 4950 (1): 319–348. doi:10.3917/edb.049.0319. ISSN 0295-5245.
Labial Alveolar Postalveolar Palatal Velar Uvula Farin ciki Glottal Nasal m n M mara murya p t k q murya b ḏ (yiwuwa ḍ ) Ƙarfafawa mara murya s ina [ ʃ ] h murya z y Kusanci w j Trill r

 "Turin papyrus" da bincike 
Cikakken rubutun mafi kyawun ɓangaren papyrus a Kehek: 

yꜣ-wꜣ-y ṯꜣ-r-mꜣ-tj

j-smj tj-t-yw-t [mꜣ] ṯꜣ-r-mꜣ-tj

j-smj jw-š -mj-š-tj-n-kꜣ ṯꜣ-r-mꜣ-t

j-smj tꜣ-š ṯꜣ-r-mꜣ-tj

j-smj mꜣ-n-qꜣ-nꜣ-ṯꜣ-r-mꜣ-tj

j-smj j-ṯꜣ-r-bw ṯꜣ-r-mꜣ-tj mꜣ-y

j-smj š-hj-pꜣ-tꜣ ṯꜣ-r-mꜣ-tj

Papyrus yana cikin jami'ar Turin, kuma a baya an yi masa mummunar fassara da cewa rera ce ta yaki, ko da yake yanzu an san cewa rera ce ta macizai.  

 Nazari da haɗin kai zuwa Berber na zamani 
Kalma kawai da ake iya tabbatarwa a cikin rubutun ita ce ṯꜣ-r-mꜣ, mai yiwuwa ma'anar maciji . Kamar yadda aka rubuta a cikin matsayi, ƙila yawancin baƙaƙen harshe ba su kasance a cikin Hieratic ba, duk da haka ṯꜣ an san an yi amfani da shi a cikin wasu matani da ke fassara wasu harsuna (mafi yawan surutu) don alamar sautuna kamar zˤ . Idan haka ne, yana nufin cewa Kehek "zˤ-rmt" (wataƙila ana kiransa "aẓramat") yana da tushe iri ɗaya na kalmar kamar Berber "zˤrm" na zamani (misali, Kabyle aẓrem), kuma yana nufin maciji.   Sauran kalmomin da ba su da ma'ana amma ana iya gane su da Berber cognates na zamani sune kamar haka:
+ Kalmomin Kehek masu yuwuwa da haɗin kai tare da harsunan Berber na zamani bisa ga Jason P. Silvestri. Silvestri, Jason P. (2023). "The Oldest Berber Text(s)? Egyptian Evidence for the Ancient Libyan Language(s)". Études et Documents Berbères. 4950 (1): 319–348. doi:10.3917/edb.049.0319. ISSN 0295-5245. Kehek lexeme Yiwuwar murya Modern Berber cognates Bayanan kula yꜣw-šꜣ-ḏꜣw-w *yǎšǎɗ Lexeme "šḍ", wanda ke gudana a cikin harsuna daban-daban (kamar Shilha, Nafusi da Kabyle), ma'ana "don glide, slither, slide". Fi’ili, “y-” na iya zama prefix na maza na 3 yꜣ-wꜣ-y *yawa Lexeme "wy", ma'ana "dauka/kawo". Ƙa'idar aiki, "y-" yanzu j-smj *asama
* zama Yana da alaƙa ko dai da lexem "sm" ma'ana "suna" a duk faɗin harsunan Berber ko "zm" ma'ana "la'anta/ batanci" a cikin harsunan Abzinawa . Fi'ili (?) ku-š *tasa Berber na zamani "don ci" Fi'ili (?) m'n-qꜣ-nꜣ *manqan
* amana Lexeme "nq" ko "nɣ" ma'ana kisa. Suna ṯꜣ-r-bw *zarub Lexeme "zrb" yana nufin "ƙona" a cikin Shilha da harsunan Abzinawa . Fi'ili sꜣ-kꜣ-rq *sakaraq Lexeme "skr" yana nufin yin Maƙasudin fi'ili

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