Judeo-Tat
Judeo-Tat or Juhuri (cuhuri, жугьури, ז׳אוּהאוּראִ) is a traditional language of the Mountain Jews, primarily spoken in Azerbaijan, Dagestan, and Israel.
| Judeo-Tat | |
|---|---|
| cuhuri, жугьури, ז׳אוּהאוּראִ | |
| Native to | Azerbaijan, Russia – North Caucasian Federal District, spoken by immigrant communities in Israel, United States (New York City) |
| Ethnicity | Mountain Jews |
Native speakers | 80,000 (2010–2018) |
| Latin, Cyrillic, Hebrew | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | jdt |
| Glottolog | jude1256 |
| ELP | Judeo-Tat |
Judeo-Tat is classified as Definitely Endangered by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger (2010) | |
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Juhuri, or Judeo-Tat is a Judeo-Persian dialect historically spoken by the Mountain Jews. This language belongs to the southwestern group of the Iranian division of the Indo-European languages, albeit with heavy Hebrew influence. In the era of Soviet historiography, the Mountain Jews were mistakenly considered to be related to the Muslim Tats of Azerbaijan. However, they do not share a common linguistic heritage, as the Mountain Jews kept their native language, while the Muslim Tats eventually adopted Persian. The words Juvuri and Juvuro translate as "Jewish" and "Jews".
Judeo-Tat has Semitic (Hebrew/Aramaic/Arabic) elements on all linguistic levels. Judeo-Tat has the Semitic sound “ayin/ayn” (ع/ע), whereas no neighbouring languages have it.
Judeo-Tat is an endangered language classified as "definitely endangered" by UNESCO's Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger.