Judeo-Isfahani, Judeo-Hamedani, Judeo-Kashani, Judeo-Yazdi, and other Judeo-Median Languages of Iran

Jews in Iran historically spoke many languages - from Persian, Semitic, and Median language families. The languages of Jews in different cities and towns were so different that their speakers often could not understand each other. Now these longstanding Jewish languages are endangered, as most Jews shifted to standard Persian in Iran or to Modern Hebrew, English, and other languages after emigrating.
This short film by Alan Niku is a historical and linguistic introduction to Jewish Median languages, such as Judeo-Isfahani (Esfahani) Judeo-Hamedani (Hamadani), Judeo-Kashani (Kashi), and Judeo-Yazdi. It explains how these languages developed and how they differ from Persian. Viewers learn about the urgent work that the Jewish Language Project, Wikitongues, and the Endangered Language Alliance are doing to interview elderly speakers before it's too late.
Learn more and donate to this important work at
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Writer, Editor: Alan Niku
Producer: Sarah Bunin Benor, HUC-JIR Jewish Language Project
Narrator: Nathan Himmelfarb
Music: Galeet Dardashti
Images courtesy of Diarna, Brill Publishers, Alan Niku, Habib Borjian
Interview footage courtesy of Wikitongues, Endangered Language Alliance, Haideh Herbert-Aynehchi, and Alan Niku
Speakers: Narges Esmailzadeh, Davita Danesh, Jack (Yaqub) Tabari, Dr. Nasser Baravarian, Haideh Herbert-Aynehchi, Juliet Sakhaee, Said (Yitzchak) Mahalli.

Пікірлер: 34

  • @AlmazB
    @AlmazB Жыл бұрын

    My grandmother still speaks Judeo Shirazi

  • @jewishlanguageproject

    @jewishlanguageproject

    Жыл бұрын

    Maz- that's great to hear. We're looking for more people to record as a way of preserving this endangered language. Can you please contact us at www.jewishlanguages.org/contact?

  • @maayanhaza6178
    @maayanhaza61782 жыл бұрын

    That's really wonderful! Thank you for your excellent work. I have family roots in Yazd. I hope I will visit it one day!

  • @TWOCOWS1
    @TWOCOWS13 ай бұрын

    Wonderful. Thank you for making this wonderful video. It is very educational, and so timely. These dialects are dying out so unfortunately

  • @thousandoaks.2080
    @thousandoaks.20805 ай бұрын

    Jewish iranian accent is more like isfahani ,and i believe isfahni people roots go back to jews converted to islam because they share common characteristics with jews.

  • @susank3496

    @susank3496

    2 ай бұрын

    Interesting! I wish we could learn more about this

  • @steviewax
    @steviewax2 жыл бұрын

    The essence is to share, retain and grow in the traditions that the variations of the language carried implicitly.

  • @alizabenor9342
    @alizabenor93422 жыл бұрын

    Fascinating! Thank you for educating on Judeo Median languages!

  • @yarnmisery
    @yarnmisery10 ай бұрын

    my grandma speaks judeo-kashani, this is cool

  • @jewishlanguageproject

    @jewishlanguageproject

    10 ай бұрын

    How cool! We are actively looking for speakers to interview and document the language. If you're interested in documenting Judeo-Kashani, feel free to contact me at jkodner@uci.edu - Jacob, Documentation Manager

  • @yarnmisery

    @yarnmisery

    10 ай бұрын

    @@jewishlanguageproject thank you

  • @abdolrezayousefi-zi9gc

    @abdolrezayousefi-zi9gc

    29 күн бұрын

    چقدر جالب. پدربزرگ و مادربزرگ من که مسلمان هم بودند و در منطقه ای بین یزد و اصفهان به دنیا آمده بودند هم به همین زبان صحبت می‌کردند. فکر کنم یکی از لهجه های فارسی باستان هست که الان میشه گفت اثری ازش باقی نمانده. در دهه ۸۰ میلادی در دانشگاه تهران دو همکلاسی یهودی داشتم. هرگز ندیدم به اون زبان با هم صحبت کنند.

  • @yarnmisery

    @yarnmisery

    29 күн бұрын

    @@abdolrezayousefi-zi9gc well if they were from kashan then maybe they do speak it

  • @ahappyimago
    @ahappyimago2 жыл бұрын

    I had no idea thank you

  • @saguntum-iberian-greekkons7014
    @saguntum-iberian-greekkons70145 ай бұрын

    So basically the Jewish language of (blank) conserves the language in its archaic form? Awsome especially for comparing modern vs ancient language

  • @dertyp7916
    @dertyp791611 ай бұрын

    Btw Gilaki is not that close but there are many similar words

  • @saeidmotallebi
    @saeidmotallebiАй бұрын

    0:33 This is our language in Gaz e Borkhar Isfahan. Jews speak our lsnguage bcz this is an very very old version of Persian language

  • @AA-wu2fk
    @AA-wu2fk3 ай бұрын

    Does anybody know if bukhori or juhuri are part of the judeo median language family?

  • @jewishlanguageproject

    @jewishlanguageproject

    3 ай бұрын

    No, Bukhori and Juhuri are on the Persian branch of the Iranian language family, while Judeo-Isfahani, Judeo-Yazdi, etc., are on the Median branch.

  • @user-py8po6gu7y
    @user-py8po6gu7y2 ай бұрын

    این زبان مادری من است ..لترایی

  • @shelshant
    @shelshant2 жыл бұрын

    Correction- mahale is the Jewish ghetto, not neighborhood

  • @Burba79

    @Burba79

    Жыл бұрын

    Mahale literally translates to neighborhood, any neighborhood, not just Jewish ones

  • @margbarisrael

    @margbarisrael

    Жыл бұрын

    wtf mahale literally means neighborhood

  • @cyrusparsa1724

    @cyrusparsa1724

    4 ай бұрын

    Jewish people have lived in Iran about 2700 years, much longer than Arabs who invaded 1300 years ago! Genetically, Jews have mixed with Iranians much more than Arabs.

  • @BBWahoo

    @BBWahoo

    Ай бұрын

    This ain't venice!

  • @bidarvandi
    @bidarvandi Жыл бұрын

    cyrus was not persian.he was median iran southern.his granfather was the ruler of the southern zagros which wanted to kill cyrus ehen cyrus was one year old.cyrus spoken was not persian.but median langyage also on vrus grave written arameic seryani.dario the first was also median .the tablets was found in iraq shows ,i am the king of the king i am from medes tribe and so on.the war between alexander the A,HOLE and king of the king DARIO THE3TH was between the ancient greece and midian not persian. NB TELL A LIE 1000 TIMES IT IS NOT LIE ANYNORE

  • @ahmadreza224

    @ahmadreza224

    7 ай бұрын

    😂😂😂

  • @rostamyazata991

    @rostamyazata991

    7 ай бұрын

    Anything is good for doing revisionism on Persian history

  • @gulbahar4993

    @gulbahar4993

    5 ай бұрын

    Hallo. Bilder vandi woher haben sie diese Informationen. Ich bin syrisch orthodox arameac aus antiochein turabdin Turkey. Tihe suryoye

  • @bidarvandi

    @bidarvandi

    5 ай бұрын

    @@gulbahar4993 i am medes from iran southern. Cyrus grave or tomb or mauosolium is ni shiraz, iran. There is seryani, arameaic written on his grave. There rest you should search both video or those forighner expert in ancient persian. Like for examp there was a kilng called shashtar iin shshan(ahvaz). 11, 500 years agowho attack the whole area, countries including syria and capture the whole gold, wealth and brought back to medes capital shshan . so the elset country was medes race or maad race. Nb nuoh profate had sons one called sam (semite) one called iluam which ilamite race and one called maad which is midean (medes)race. Dario tablet or looh found in iraq mosampthin shows which is written I am the king of the king i am medes my father, mother anceisters were medes. But dario killed the grand grand son of cambosis called faravatah than beame king the. Grate. He countiuned. The akhmaneshian dynesty.. Or. Another history about iben cina or al raies. He captured by ozbak king as a prisoner in esfahan, iran in capital of ismaiilean or hashashin. Hasansabh was born in yaman. He was leader or king og hashashin. Scaped to egypt. Fatemein than back to khorasan

  • @pazmon555

    @pazmon555

    4 ай бұрын

    На персидский Кер многие вешались и ты, не последный