Judeo-Persian

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Judeo-Persian is a group of Persian dialects historically spoken and written by Jewish communities in Iran, typically using the Hebrew script and incorporating Hebrew and Aramaic elements.


Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Jewish language
group of dialects
language variety
associatedWithReligion Judaism
closelyRelatedTo Persian language
surface form: "New Persian"
containsLexicalElementsFrom Aramaic
Hebrew
endangeredStatus endangered
hasAlternativeName Dzhidi
Judeo-Iranian languages
surface form: "Judeo-Iranian"
hasDialect Judeo-Persian
surface form: "Judeo-Esfahani"

Judeo-Persian
surface form: "Judeo-Hamedani"

Judeo-Persian
surface form: "Judeo-Isfahani"

Judeo-Persian
surface form: "Judeo-Kashani"

Judeo-Kermani
Judeo-Kermani
surface form: "Judeo-Mashhadi"

Judeo-Persian
surface form: "Judeo-Shirazi"

Judeo-Kermani
surface form: "Judeo-Tehrani"

Judeo-Persian
surface form: "Judeo-Yazdi"
hasWrittenTradition yes
historicalPeriod early modern period
medieval period
ISO639_3Code jpr
languageFamily Indo-European language family
surface form: "Indo-European languages"

Indo-Iranian languages
Iranian languages
notableWork Judeo-Persian biblical translations
Judeo-Persian poetry of Shahin-i Shirazi
regionOfOrigin Iranian plateau
spokenBy Bukharan Jews
Persian Jews
surface form: "Iranian Jews"
spokenIn Caucasus
Central Asia
Iran
Israel
United States of America
surface form: "United States"
subclassOf Iranian language
Jewish ethnolect
Judeo-Iranian languages
Persian language
Western Iranian language
usedFor biblical translations
commentaries
community documents
poetry
religious literature
usesScriptVariant Hebrew alphabet
surface form: "Hebrew square script"

Rashi script
writingSystem Hebrew script
Perso-Arabic script
surface form: "Persian alphabet"

Referenced by (17)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Judeo-Persian hasDialect Judeo-Persian
this entity surface form: "Judeo-Esfahani"
Judeo-Persian hasDialect Judeo-Persian
this entity surface form: "Judeo-Shirazi"
Judeo-Persian hasDialect Judeo-Persian
this entity surface form: "Judeo-Hamedani"
Judeo-Persian hasDialect Judeo-Persian
this entity surface form: "Judeo-Kashani"
Judeo-Persian hasDialect Judeo-Persian
this entity surface form: "Judeo-Yazdi"
Judeo-Persian hasDialect Judeo-Persian
this entity surface form: "Judeo-Isfahani"
Jewish diaspora hasLanguage Judeo-Persian
Judeo-Iranian languages hasPart Judeo-Persian
Judeo-Iranian languages hasPart Judeo-Persian
this entity surface form: "Judeo-Median"
Judeo-Iranian languages hasPart Judeo-Persian
this entity surface form: "Judeo-Hamedani"
Judeo-Iranian languages hasPart Judeo-Persian
this entity surface form: "Judeo-Kashani"
Judeo-Iranian languages hasPart Judeo-Persian
this entity surface form: "Judeo-Shirazi dialects"
Persian Jews language Judeo-Persian
this entity surface form: "Persian"
Persian Jews language Judeo-Persian
Mizrahi Jews languageTradition Judeo-Persian
Hebrew alphabet usedForLanguage Judeo-Persian