Bukhori dialect
| Bukhori | |
|---|---|
| בוכארי, бухорӣ Bukhori | |
| Native to | Israel, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, United States, Afghanistan |
| Ethnicity | Bukharan Jews |
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Native speakers
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60,000 in Israel and Uzbekistan (1995) 50,000 United States (no date) |
| Hebrew, Cyrillic, Latin | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | |
| Glottolog | bukh1238 |
Bukhori (Tajiki: бухорӣ - buxorī, Hebrew script: בוכארי buxori), also known as Bukhari and Bukharian, is a dialect of the Tajiki language spoken in Central Asia (and in the diaspora) by Bukharian Jews.
The location where Bukharic exists is in Central Asia. The language classification of Bukharic is as follows: Indo-European > Indo-Iranian > Iranian > West Iranian > Southwest Iranian > Persian > Tajik > Bukharic.
Bukhori is based on a substrate of classical Persian, with a large number of Hebrew loanwords, as well as smaller numbers of loanwords from other surrounding languages, including Uzbek and Russian. The vocabulary consists of a mixture of Persian, Arabic, Uzbek, and Hebrew words.
In early history of the Bukharian jews, Central Asia fell under Sunni Uzbek control. The Bukharian Jewish community was severely discriminated against and isolated from the other jews, as well as the Uzbek people. This pushed Bukharian jews to create their own branch of judaism, which lead to the creation of the Bukhori dialect spoken throughout Bukharian history.
In 1987, the total number of speakers was 85,000. In the USSR, there were 45,000 speakers; in Israel, there were 32,000; and in all other countries combined, there were 3,000. One of the dialects of Bukharic is Rahamĭm. Ethnic Tajik minorities exist in many countries, such as Afghanistan, Pakistan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan. Later Samarkand and Bukhara in Uzbekistan are two cities which are particularly populated.
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