Judaeo-Persian

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Judaeo-Persian

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Uzbekistan , Iran , Afghanistan , Israel , USA [1]
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ISO 639-3

jpr

Judeo-Persian ( Judeo-Persian , Judaeo-Persian , Judeo-Persian ), often Jews Persian , is the Jewish languages or dialects of the Iranian Jews living. These dialects, also known as Latorayi , are written in Hebrew script.

In the narrow sense refers to Judeo-Persian to non-Jews Dzhidi ( ʤiːdiː even Jidi written), so "Jewish" dialect mentioned, that of the Jewish communities around Tehran , Bukhara and Mashhad is spoken by the speaker himself but as Farsi , so "Persian", denote.

In a broader sense, any Iranian languages or dialects spoken by the Jewish communities in the earlier Persian Empire can be referred to as Judaeo-Persian or Judaeo-Iranian .

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