Judeo-Georgian

Print

Primary tabs

A language of Israel

ISO 639-3
jge
User Population

58,000 in Israel (Leclerc 2018a). Total users in all countries: 60,800.

Location

HaDarom district: Rahat area.

Language Status

6a* (Vigorous).

Classification
Kartvelian, Georgian
Dialects

Oriental and Ashkenazic Jews in Georgia live separately; Judeo-Georgian speakers live separately from non-Jewish Georgian [kat] speakers. May not be a separate language from Georgian, but a dialect using various Hebrew loanwords.

Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Judeo-Georgian
Other Comments

Some migrated to the Russian Federation and other countries. Jewish.

Also spoken in:

Expand All
Collapse All