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Bukharan Jews: the group, the language and the historical territories

Who Bukharan Jews are, why the name is a collective one, and why their spoken language is a dialect of Tajik rather than Yiddish.

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Who they are

Bukharan Jews are a group that formed in Central Asia. Sources also use the names bukhori, isroil and yahudi, depending on the place and the speaker. 1

Language

The spoken language of Bukharan Jews is a dialect of Tajik. It is a separate tradition within the region's Jewish culture, not a variety of Yiddish. 1

Where they lived

The group formed across the Kokand Khanate, the Bukharan Emirate and the Khivan Khanate. Some families later moved to the region's cities. 1

On the name. Bukharan is a historical collective name; it does not mean that all of these families came from the city of Bukhara. 1

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  • Бухарские евреи

    Википедия, русский раздел · ru · Type: reference article · primary · 1 September 2026 · Accessed: 15 September 2026

    Locator: pageid=295277;revid=154903916

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