Endangered Jewish Languages: Spotlight on Iranian and Bukharian Jews
Channel: Jewish Language Project
Date: 2022-12-12

Sarah Bunin Benor and Ruben Shimonov

Several long-standing Jewish languages have become endangered, as they are spoken primarily by older people, including Ladino, Judeo-Arabic, and Judeo-Malayalam (Southern India). This talk explains these developments and makes the case for the urgent need for documentation and reclamation, focusing on the Jewish languages of Iranian origin (Judeo-Tajik/Bukharian, Judeo-Tat/Juhuri, Judeo-Isfahani, Judeo-Shirazi, etc.).

Sponsored by the Yiddish Book Center and 7000 Languages.

Date of event: May 6, 2021