Judeo-Iranian languages

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Iranian languages Jewish language varieties group of languages

Judeo-Iranian languages are a group of Iranian languages traditionally spoken and written by Jewish communities in Iran and surrounding regions, often featuring Hebrew and Aramaic influences.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
Judeo-Iranian 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Iranian languages ⓘ
Jewish language varieties ⓘ
group of languages ⓘ
characteristic Hebrew script for local Iranian vernaculars ⓘ
conservative retention of older Iranian features ⓘ
distinct Jewish religious vocabulary ⓘ
use of Aramaic loanwords ⓘ
use of Hebrew loanwords ⓘ
diasporaUse Europe ⓘ
Israel ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
hasPart Judeo-Persian ⓘ
surface form: Judeo-Hamedani

Judeo-Isfahani ⓘ
Judeo-Persian ⓘ
surface form: Judeo-Kashani

Judeo-Kermani ⓘ
Judeo-Persian ⓘ
surface form: Judeo-Median

Judeo-Persian ⓘ
Judeo-Kermani ⓘ
surface form: Judeo-Shirazi

Judeo-Persian ⓘ
surface form: Judeo-Shirazi dialects

Judeo-Tajik ⓘ
Judeo-Tat ⓘ
Judeo-Kermani ⓘ
surface form: Judeo-Yazdi
historicalRegion Bukharan Jews ⓘ
surface form: Bukharan Jewish communities

Greater Iran ⓘ
influencedBy Aramaic ⓘ
surface form: Aramaic language

Hebrew ⓘ
surface form: Hebrew language
languageFamily Indo-European language family ⓘ
surface form: Indo-European languages

Indo-Iranian languages ⓘ
sharesFeatureWith Judeo-Arabic ⓘ
Ladino (Judeo-Spanish) ⓘ
surface form: Ladino

Yiddish ⓘ
other Jewish languages ⓘ
spokenBy Persian Jews ⓘ
surface form: Iranian Jews

Jewish communities in Iran ⓘ
spokenIn Caucasus ⓘ
Central Asia ⓘ
Iran ⓘ
status endangered ⓘ
moribund ⓘ
subclassOf Western Iranian languages ⓘ
typology subject–object–verb word order ⓘ
usedBy Jewish merchants in Iran ⓘ
Jewish religious scholars in Iran ⓘ
usedFor community documents ⓘ
religious texts ⓘ
secular literature ⓘ
writingSystem Hebrew alphabet ⓘ

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

Judeo-Persian → hasAlternativeName → Judeo-Iranian languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Judeo-Iranian
Judeo-Persian → subclassOf → Judeo-Iranian languages ⓘ