Bukhari

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Bukhari is a Jewish dialect of Tajik (a variety of Persian) traditionally spoken by the Bukharan Jewish community of Central Asia.

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Bukhari canonical 4

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Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Jewish dialect
Judeo-Persian dialect
dialect of Tajik
language variety
alternativeName Bukhari Tajik
Bukhori
Judeo-Tajik
associatedWithReligion Bukharan Jewish liturgical and cultural life
closelyRelatedTo Dari
Persian
Tajik
linked to: Tajiks
culturalAssociation Bukharan Jewish culture
linked to: Bukharan Jews
dialectOf Persian
linked to: Persian language

Tajik
linked to: Tajik language
diasporaCommunity Israel
New York City
Queens
United States
ethnicGroup Bukharan Jewish community
linked to: Bukharan Jews
historicalRegion Emirate of Bukhara
linked to: Khanate of Bukhara
ISOStatus has been treated as a variety of Tajik rather than a separate ISO 639-3 code in some classifications
languageFamily Indo-European languages
Indo-Iranian languages
Iranian languages
Southwestern Iranian languages
lexicalInfluence Aramaic
Hebrew
Russian
Uzbek
namedAfter Bukhara
linked to: Bukhara, Uzbekistan
primarySpeakersLocation Central Asian Jewish diaspora
region Bukhara
linked to: Bukhara, Uzbekistan

Central Asia
Samarkand
Tajikistan
Uzbekistan
religiousContext Judaism
spokenBy Bukharan Jews
status endangered language
subclassOf Judeo-Iranian language
New Persian dialect
Southwestern Iranian language variety
usedFor community communication
religious texts
writingSystem Cyrillic alphabet
linked to: Cyrillic script

Hebrew alphabet
Latin alphabet

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