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ISO 639-3 · bhhbhh
unclassified

Bukharian

Bukharian is a language, spoken in Israel, Tajikistan, Afghanistan and Uzbekistan and 1 more country. Wikidata counts about 60,000 speakers. Wikidata describes it as “Jewish dialect derived from the Tajik branch of the Persian language”.

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At a glance
ISO 639-3
bhh
Glottocode
bukh1238
Family
unclassified
Centre point
39.80, 64.42
Wikipedia
32 language editions
—first-language speakers
—second-language speakers
5countries
3scripts
—levels in the tree
7EGIDS level

Facts

NameBukharian
Also calledBukharic, Bukhori dialect, Bukhori
All speakers60,000
Written inHebrew alphabet, Cyrillic, Latin script

Vitality

EGIDS 7 Shifting7

Endangered. Children are no longer learning it everywhere, or only grandparents speak it — EGIDS 6b to 8b.

Other languages at this level
UNESCO: Definitely endangered
Languages at this level