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- Judeo-Persian
ISO 639-3 · jprjpr
Indo-European family
Judeo-Persian
Judeo-Persian is a language of the Southwestern Iranian branch (Indo-European), spoken in Israel, Iran, Afghanistan and Tajikistan and 3 more countries. Wikidata counts about 60,000 speakers. Wikidata describes it as “Persian dialects spoken by Jews originating in Iran”.
At a glance
- ISO 639-3
jpr- Glottocode
jude1257- Family
- Indo-European
- EGIDS
- 7 Shifting
- UNESCO
- Definitely endangered
- Centre point
- 31.45, 43.57
- Wikipedia
- 28 language editions
—first-language speakers
—second-language speakers
7countries
1scripts
5levels in the tree
7EGIDS level
Facts
| Name | Judeo-Persian |
|---|---|
| Also called | Dzhidi, Judæo-Persian |
| All speakers | 60,000 |
| Written in | Hebrew alphabet |
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 levelUNESCO: Definitely endangered
Languages at this levelfamily tree
From Indo-European to Judeo-Persian
The branches above Judeo-Persian, top to bottom. Each node counts the languages of this index that belong to it.
where it is spoken
Countries
Also spoken in Israel
engEnglishIndo-European · 1.13 bn0 · InternationalaraArabicAfroasiatic · 315.4 mSafeapcLevantine ArabicAfroasiatic · 44 mamhAmharicAfroasiatic · 25 m1 · NationalajpSouth Levantine ArabicAfroasiatic · 11.6 m3 · Wider CommunicationhebHebrewAfroasiatic · 9.3 m1 · NationalhyeArmenianIndo-European · 6.7 m1 · NationalyidYiddishIndo-European · 1 mDefinitely endangeredladJudaeo-SpanishIndo-European · 137,0007 · ShiftingjgeJudaeo-GeorgianKartvelian · 85,0006a · Vigorous