Judeo-Tat

A language of Russian Federation

Bik, Dzhuhuric, Hebrew Tat, Jewish Tat, Judeo-Tatic, Juhuri, Lahji, Mountain Jewish, Tati

Juwri

2,010 in Russian Federation (2010 census). Census includes Tat [ttt]. Ethnic population: 10,000 (2014 NCRP). Total users in all countries: 81,500.

Location

Chechnya republic: Grozniy; Dagestan republic: Buinaksk, Derbent, Kizlyar, Majalis, and Makhachkala, south of Pyatigorsk; Kabardino-Balkar republic: Nalchyk; North Ossetia-Alania republic: Mozdok.

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Azerbaijan

Western Russian Federation: Enlarged area

Language Status

6b* (Threatened).

Classification

Indo-European, Indo-Iranian, Iranian, Western, Southwestern, Tat

Dialects

South Tat, North Tat.

Language Development

Literature. Radio. Grammar. Bible portions: 2000.

Language Resources

OLAC resources in and about Judeo-Tat

Writing

Cyrillic script [Cyrl], primary usage. Hebrew script [Hebr]. Latin script [Latn], used in Azerbaijan.

Other Comments

Tat is not an ethnic name. It is a Turkic term for nomads. Tradition says they lived in the Caucasus since 722 A.D. Different from Takestani [tks] of Iran. Jewish.

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Azerbaijan

Language NameJudeo-Tat

User Population

8,490 in Azerbaijan (2011 UNSD). Ethnic population: 15,000 (2014 NCRP).

Location

Quba district: Baku and Krasnaya Sloboda village; Oguz district: Vartashen village.

Alternate Names

Bik, Dzhuhuric, Jewish Tat, Judeo-Tatic, Juhur, Juhuri, Juwri

Language Status

6b (Threatened). De facto language of provincial identity in Quba, Baku districts.

Language Use

Tats attending the Gregorian (Armenian) church lived in Madrasa village until the late 1980s, and spoke a variety of Tat similar to Judeo-Tat. May have migrated to Armenia or the Russian Federation. Some of all ages. Used as L2 by Udi [udi].

Other Comments

Non-indigenous. Jewish.

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Israel

Language NameJudeo-Tat

User Population

71,000 in Israel (Leclerc 2018a).

Location

HaDarom district: Sderot, border town with Gaza Strip; HaMerkazi district: Hadera and Or ’Akiva, near Mediterranean coast.

Alternate Names

Bik, Dzhuhuric, Jewish Tat, Judeo-Tatic, Juhuri, Juwri, “Tati” (pej.)

Dialects

Derbend.

Language Status

5* (Developing).

Other Comments

Non-indigenous. 2,000 speakers a year, called Bik, emigrate from the Caucasus Mountains to Israel. Jewish.

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