Judeo-Persian
E11349
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.
All labels observed (12)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Judeo-Persian canonical | 11 |
| Judeo-Hamedani | 2 |
| Judeo-Kashani | 2 |
| Dari (Zoroastrian dialect of Persian) | 1 |
| Judeo-Esfahani | 1 |
| Judeo-Isfahani | 1 |
| Judeo-Median | 1 |
| Judeo-Persian dialects | 1 |
| Judeo-Shirazi | 1 |
| Judeo-Shirazi dialects | 1 |
| Judeo-Yazdi | 1 |
| Persian | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T113017 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
Target entity: Judeo-Persian Context triple: [Jewish diaspora, hasLanguage, Judeo-Persian]
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A.
Persian language
Persian language is a major modern Iranian language spoken primarily in Iran, Afghanistan, and Tajikistan, known for its rich literary tradition and historical influence across the Middle East and Central Asia.
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B.
Judeo-Arabic
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.
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C.
Hebrew
Hebrew is an ancient Northwest Semitic language that became the liturgical and historical language of the Jewish people and was later revived as the modern spoken language of the State of Israel.
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D.
Judeo-Tat
Judeo-Tat is a Southwest Iranian Jewish language traditionally spoken by Mountain Jews of the eastern Caucasus region.
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E.
Syriac
Syriac is a dialect of Middle Aramaic that became a major literary and liturgical language of early Eastern Christianity and the Syriac Church tradition.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Judeo-Persian Target entity description: 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.
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A.
Persian language
Persian language is a major modern Iranian language spoken primarily in Iran, Afghanistan, and Tajikistan, known for its rich literary tradition and historical influence across the Middle East and Central Asia.
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B.
Judeo-Arabic
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.
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C.
Hebrew
Hebrew is an ancient Northwest Semitic language that became the liturgical and historical language of the Jewish people and was later revived as the modern spoken language of the State of Israel.
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D.
Judeo-Tat
Judeo-Tat is a Southwest Iranian Jewish language traditionally spoken by Mountain Jews of the eastern Caucasus region.
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E.
Syriac
Syriac is a dialect of Middle Aramaic that became a major literary and liturgical language of early Eastern Christianity and the Syriac Church tradition.
- F. None of above. chosen
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
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Judeo-Esfahani
Judeo-Persian self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Judeo-Hamedani
Judeo-Persian self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Judeo-Isfahani
Judeo-Persian self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Judeo-Kashani
Judeo-Kermani ⓘ Judeo-Kermani ⓘ
surface form:
Judeo-Mashhadi
Judeo-Persian self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Judeo-Shirazi
Judeo-Kermani ⓘ
surface form:
Judeo-Tehrani
Judeo-Persian self-linksurface differs ⓘ
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
|
How these facts were elicited
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Subject: Judeo-Persian Description of subject: 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.
Referenced by (24)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.