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.

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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

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

Jewish diaspora hasLanguage Judeo-Persian
Mizrahi Jews languageTradition Judeo-Persian
Persian Jews language Judeo-Persian
this entity surface form: Persian
Persian Jews language Judeo-Persian
Hebrew alphabet usedForLanguage Judeo-Persian
Judeo-Persian hasDialect Judeo-Persian self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Judeo-Esfahani
Judeo-Persian hasDialect Judeo-Persian self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Judeo-Shirazi
Judeo-Persian hasDialect Judeo-Persian self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Judeo-Hamedani
Judeo-Persian hasDialect Judeo-Persian self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Judeo-Kashani
Judeo-Persian hasDialect Judeo-Persian self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Judeo-Yazdi
Judeo-Persian hasDialect Judeo-Persian self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Judeo-Isfahani
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
Dzhidi alternativeName Judeo-Persian
Judeo-Tajik subclassOf Judeo-Persian
Unicode Hebrew block usedForLanguage Judeo-Persian
Western Iranian languages hasSubdivision Judeo-Persian
this entity surface form: Judeo-Persian dialects
Chinese Jews historicalLanguage Judeo-Persian
subject surface form: Kaifeng Jews
Iranian Zoroastrians languageTraditionallyUsedInCommunity Judeo-Persian
this entity surface form: Dari (Zoroastrian dialect of Persian)