Judeo-Arabic
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Judeo-Arabic is a group of Arabic dialects historically spoken and written by Jewish communities, typically using the Hebrew script and incorporating Hebrew and Aramaic elements.
Aliases (13)
- Algerian Judeo-Arabic ×1
- Baghdadi Judeo-Arabic ×1
- Egyptian Judeo-Arabic ×1
- Jewish Baghdadi Arabic ×1
- Judeo-Algerian Arabic ×1
- Judeo-Arabic Bible translations ×1
- Judeo-Moroccan Arabic ×1
- Judeo-Tunisian Arabic ×1
- Palestinian Judeo-Arabic ×1
- Syrian Judeo-Arabic ×1
- Tunisian Judeo-Arabic ×1
- Yahudic Arabic ×1
- Yemenite Judeo-Arabic ×1
Statements (90)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Jewish language
→
group of Arabic dialects → language variety → |
| associatedReligion |
Judaism
→
|
| culturalRole |
medium of Jewish communal records
→
medium of Jewish folk literature → medium of Jewish poetry → vehicle of Jewish-Arabic culture → |
| hasAlternativeName |
Judeo-Arabic dialects
→
Yahudic Arabic → |
| hasDialect |
Algerian Judeo-Arabic
→
Baghdadi Judeo-Arabic → Egyptian Judeo-Arabic → Moroccan Judeo-Arabic → Palestinian Judeo-Arabic → Syrian Judeo-Arabic → Tunisian Judeo-Arabic → Yemenite Judeo-Arabic → |
| hasLinguisticElement |
Arabic vocabulary
→
Aramaic vocabulary → Hebrew vocabulary → |
| hasLinguisticFeature |
code-switching between Hebrew and Arabic
→
lexical items specific to Jewish religious life → loanwords from Aramaic → loanwords from Hebrew → phonological features distinct from neighboring Arabic dialects → |
| historicalUsage |
early modern period
→
medieval period → modern period → |
| ISOStatus |
not standardized as a single ISO 639 code
→
|
| languageFamily |
Afro-Asiatic languages
→
Semitic languages → |
| notableAuthor |
Maimonides
→
Saadia Gaon → |
| notableWorkLanguageOf |
Guide for the Perplexed
→
Judeo-Arabic Bible translations → Mishneh Torah introductions → |
| region |
Algeria
→
Egypt → Iraq → Levant → Maghreb → Middle East → Morocco → North Africa → Palestine → Syria → Tunisia → Yemen → |
| religiousFunction |
language of Jewish religious commentary
→
language of biblical exegesis → language of ethical literature → language of halakhic literature → language of philosophical works → language of responsa → |
| scriptType |
consonantal alphabet
→
|
| scriptVariant |
Rashi script
→
cursive Hebrew script → square Hebrew script → |
| shiftedTo |
English
→
French → Israeli Hebrew → Modern Hebrew → |
| sociolinguisticStatus |
endangered language
→
minority language → |
| subclassOf |
Arabic
→
Central Semitic language → Semitic language → |
| typicalScriptDirection |
right-to-left
→
|
| usedBy |
Algerian Jews
→
Egyptian Jews → Iraqi Jews → Jewish communities → Mizrahi Jews → Moroccan Jews → Sephardi Jews → Syrian Jews → Tunisian Jews → Yemeni Jews → Yemenite Jews → |
| usedFor |
commentaries on the Hebrew Bible
→
commentaries on the Talmud → community chronicles → letters and legal documents → philosophical treatises → translation of Jewish religious texts → |
| usesAlphabet |
Arabic alphabet
→
Hebrew alphabet → |
| writingSystem |
Arabic script
→
Hebrew script → |