Bukharic

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A language of Israel

ISO 639-3
bhh
Alternate Names
Bokharan, Bokharic, Bukharan, Bukharian, Judeo-Tajik
User Population

64,000 in Israel (Leclerc 2018a). Total users in all countries: 117,840.

Location

Tel Aviv district and city: Holon and Or Yehuda; HaMerkaz (central) district: Ramla.

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Language Status

7 (Shifting).

Classification
Indo-European, Indo-Iranian, Iranian, Western, Southwestern, Persian
Dialects

None known. May be easily intelligible of Tajiki or Farsi [pes]. Similar to Dzhidi [jpr].

Language Use

Shifting to Hebrew [heb].

Language Development

Radio.

Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Bukharic
Writing

Cyrillic script [Cyrl], primary usage. Hebrew script [Hebr]. Latin script [Latn], no longer in use.

Other Comments

Many recent immigrants (1995). Jewish.

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