Judeo-Marathi

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Judeo-Marathi is a Jewish ethnolect of the Marathi language historically used by the Bene Israel and other Jewish communities in western India, incorporating Hebrew and religious terminology into Marathi.

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Judeo-Marathi canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Jewish ethnolect
Marathi-based Jewish language
language variety
associatedWithMigrationTo Israel
Mumbai from Konkan villages
basedOn Marathi
linked to: Marathi language
communityFunction marker of Jewish identity among Marathi speakers
culturalContext Bene Israel synagogue life
Jewish education in western India
currentStatus endangered language variety
ethnicGroupAssociatedWith Bene Israel
linked to: Indian Jews
hasAlternativeName Jewish Marathi
hasDomain Jewish law instruction
Jewish liturgy explanation
hasFeature code-switching between Marathi and Hebrew
incorporation of Hebrew religious terminology into Marathi
retention of Marathi grammar with Jewish lexical layer
use of Hebrew loanwords for Jewish religious concepts
use of Hebrew terms for biblical names
use of Hebrew terms for calendar and festivals
use of Hebrew terms for ritual objects
hasSociolinguisticStatus in-group language of Bene Israel community
vernacular of some western Indian Jews
historicalStatus heritage language
influencedBy local Marathi dialects of western India
languageFamily Indo-Aryan languages
regionOfOrigin Konkan region
linked to: Konkan
religionAssociatedWith Judaism
spokenIn India
Maharashtra
western India
subclassOf Judeo-language
Marathi language variety
timePeriod 19th century
20th century
early modern period in India
usedBy Baghdadi Jews in western India
Bene Israel
linked to: Indian Jews

Cochin Jews
linked to: Indian Jews
usedFor community communication
religious study
translation of Jewish religious texts
usesVocabularyFrom Aramaic
Hebrew
writingSystem Devanagari script
Hebrew script

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