Judeo-Georgian

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A language of Israel

ISO 639-3
jge
Population

59,800 in Israel (2000). Population total all countries: 79,800.

Location

Also in Georgia.

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.

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