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Judeo-Tat or Juhuri (Cuhuri, Жугьури, ז׳אוּהאוּראִ) is a Judeo-Persian dialect and the traditional language spoken by the Mountain Jews in the eastern Caucasus Mountains, especially Azerbaijan, parts of Russia and today in Israel. [1]
Poet Sergey Izgiyayev in 1970 Poet Zoya Semenduyeva. Judeo-Tat literature is rich in folklore. [1] The most popular narrators of folklore at the beginning of the 20th century were Mordecai ben Avshalom (1860–1925), [2] [3] Shaul Simandu (1856–1939), [4] Khizgil Dadashev (1860–1945) [5] and Aibolo of Tarki.
Mountain Jews speak Judeo-Tat, also called Juhuri, a form of Persian; it belongs to the southwestern group of the Iranian division of the Indo-European languages. Judeo-Tat has Semitic (Hebrew/Aramaic/Arabic) elements on all linguistic levels. [ 53 ]
In the 1920s, the process of romanization of scripts was underway in the USSR.In May 1925, Y. Agarunov compiled the first draft of a Latinized alphabet for Mountain Jews. On May 15–20, 1926, at the regional congress of Mountain Jews in Nalchik, it was decided to transfer the Tat writing system to a Latin graphic basi
A number of poets of the 20th century created their works in the Judeo-Tat language, such as Sergey Izgiyayev, creates (Juhuri: Иму гъэлхэнд шолуминим) - "We are the defenders of the World" (1952), (Juhuri: Фикиргьой шогьир) - "Thoughts of the Poet" (1966), (Juhuri: Муьгьбет ве гьисмет) - "The ...
Lezgian, Talysh, Avar, Georgian, Budukh, [6] Juhuri, [6] Khinalug, [6] Kryts, [6] Jek, [7] Rutul, [6] Tsakhur, [6] Tat, [6] and Udi [6] are all spoken by minorities. All the aforementioned languages [ 8 ] (except Lezgian, Talysh, Avar, and Georgian, which have far larger numbers of speakers outside Azerbaijan but steadily declining numbers ...
There is a sizeable Mountain Jewish population in Brooklyn, New York that speaks Judeo-Tat (Juhuri), a dialect of Persian. [ 241 ] Classical Hebrew is the language of most Jewish religious literature, such as the Tanakh (Bible) and Siddur (prayerbook).
A major work of Avshalumov was the historical novel (Juhuri:"Занбирор") "Sister-in-law" and (Juhuri:"Кук гудил") "Son of mummers", 1974, which both spoke about the village life of Mountain Jews as well as in the town of Derbent during the first few years after Russian Revolution. [2]