TheJudeo-Iranian languages (or dialects) are a number of relatedJewish variants ofIranian languages spoken throughout the formerly extensive realm of thePersian Empire. Judeo-Iranian dialects are generally conservative in comparison with those of their Muslim neighbours.Judeo-Shirazi, for example, remains close to the language ofHafez.Is this comparison including the more conservative Eastern Persian (Afghanistan, Tajikistan), or just Iranian Persian?[clarification needed]
Like most Jewish languages, all the Judeo-Iranian languages contain great numbers ofHebrewloanwords, and are written using variations of theHebrew alphabet. Another name used for some Judeo-Iranian dialects isLatorayi, sometimes interpreted by folk etymology as"not [the language] of the Torah". This refers to a form of the language in which the number of Hebrew and Aramaic loanwords is deliberately maximised to allow it to function as a secret code. In general, however, the number of such loanwords is small compared with that in other Jewish languages such asYiddish orJudaeo-Spanish.[2]
^Borjian, Habib (2014). "What is Judeo-Median and how does it differ from Judeo-Persian?".The Journal of Jewish Languages.2 (2):117–142.doi:10.1163/22134638-12340026.
^Habib Borjian, “Judeo-Iranian Languages,” in Lily Kahn and Aaron D. Rubin, eds., A Handbook of Jewish Languages, Leiden and Boston: Brill, 2015, pp. 234-295.[1].
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