Judeo-Tat

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A language of Russian Federation

ISO 639-3
jdt
Alternate Names
Bik, Dzhuhuric, Hebrew Tat, Jewish Tat, Judeo-Tatic, Juhuri, Lahji, Mountain Jewish, Musulman Tats, Tati
Population

2,010 in Russian Federation (2010 census). Census includes Tat [ttt]. Population total all countries: 96,010.

Location

Dagestan Republic, Makhachkala, Majalis, Derbent, Buinaksk, and Kizlyar, south of Pyatigorsk; North Ossetia-Alania, Mozdok; Kabardino-Balkaria Republic, Nalchyk; Chechnya, Grozniy. Also in Azerbaijan, Israel.

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Language Status

4 (Educational).

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

North Tat, South Tat.

Language Development
Radio programs. Bible portions: 2000.
Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Judeo-Tat
Writing
Cyrillic script, primary usage. Hebrew script. Latin script, used in Azerbaijan.
Other Comments

Tat is not an ethnic name. It is a Turkic term for nomads. Ethnonym: Bik, known as Mountain Jews. Ethnic autonym: Juwri or Juhuri. Tradition says they lived in the Caucasus since 722 A.D. Different from Takestani [tks] of Iran. Jewish.

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