Bukharian (Judeo-Tajik dialect)
Bukharian (autonym: Bukhori, Hebrew script: בוכארי, Cyrillic: бухорӣ, Latin: Buxorī) is a Judeo-Persian dialect historically spoken by the Bukharan Jews of Central Asia. It is a Jewish dialect derived from — and largely mutually intelligible with — the Tajik branch of the Persian language.
| Bukharian | |
|---|---|
| בוכארי, бухорӣ, buxorī | |
| Native to | Israel, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Afghanistan |
| Ethnicity | Bukharan Jews |
Native speakers | 117,840 in all countries (2018–2019) |
| Hebrew, Cyrillic, Latin | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | bhh |
| Glottolog | bukh1238 |
| ELP | Bukhori |
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