Dzhidi

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Dzhidi is an alternative name for Judeo-Persian, the group of Persian dialects historically spoken and written by Jewish communities using the Hebrew script.

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Dzhidi canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Jewish language
Judeo-Persian dialect
language variety
alternativeName Judeo-Persian
category Jewish languages written in Hebrew script
Judeo-Iranian languages
closelyRelatedTo Dari
Persian
Tajiks
surface form: Tajik
derivedFrom Western Persian
surface form: New Persian
ethnicGroup Bukharan Jews
Persian Jews
surface form: Iranian Jews
hasCharacteristic Persian base with Hebrew and Aramaic loanwords
use of Hebrew script for a Persian dialect
hasLinguisticFeature Hebrew and Aramaic lexical influence
Persian grammar with Jewish communal vocabulary
historicallySpokenBy Jewish communities
historicallySpokenIn Afghanistan
Bukharan Jews
surface form: Bukharan Jewish communities

Central Asia
Iran
ISOStatus not assigned a separate ISO 639-3 code (treated under Persian/Judeo-Persian varieties)
languageFamily Indo-Iranian languages
Iranian languages
scriptType abjad
subfamily Southwestern Iranian languages
Western Iranian languages
timePeriod early modern period
medieval period
usedByReligion Judaism
usedFor biblical translations
commentaries
community documents
poetry
religious texts
writingSystem Hebrew script

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