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Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 16th Edition (2009)
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Native Speakers Worldwide

110,000

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There are 50,000 speakers in Israel (H. Mutzafi 1995).

Year of info

2009

Location and Context

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USA; Israel; Uzbekistan;

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Cryllic, Hebrew, Latin scripts.

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Native Speakers Worldwide

10,000

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Year of info

2010

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39.8043,64.4224

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"The estimated total population of Bukharan Jews at the end of 1987 was 85,000, of whom about 45,000 were in the USSR, about 32,000 in Israel, and about 3,000 in all other countries combined. [Population estimates are as given in article, although they do not add up to 85,000 -Ed.]"

Year of info

2006

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Non-monolingual speakers

Almost all

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Year of info

2007

Location and Context

Countries

Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Pakistan, Afghanistan

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"Ethnic Tajik minorities are found in a number of countries such as Afghanistan and Pakistan, but most Tajik speakers are in Tajikistan and Uzbekistan; within the latter Samarkand and Bukhara are particularly densely populated by Tajik speakers."

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"Ethnic Tajik minorities are found in a number of countries such as Afghanistan and Pakistan, but most Tajik speakers are in Tajikistan and Uzbekistan; within the latter Samarkand and Bukhara are particularly densely populated by Tajik speakers."

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Other languages used

Uzbek

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"Bukhara is one of two large cities where Tajik speakers and Uzbek speakers have been in intensive contact with each other for many centuries. Today virtually all Tajik speakers in Bukhara are bilingual in Tajik and Uzbek. This Tajik-Uzbek bilingualism appears to have had a profound influence on the phonology, morphology, and syntax of Bukharan Tajik."

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Native Speakers Worldwide

20,800

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Ethnic Population

20,800

Non-monolingual speakers

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Year of info

1993

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Other languages used

Russian, Uzbek

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Education

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Native Speakers Worldwide

110,000

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  1. Atlas of the World’s Languages in Danger
    Moseley, Christopher (ed.). 2010. Atlas of the World’s Languages in Danger, 3rd edn. http://www.unesco.org/culture/en/endangeredlanguages/atlas. (03 June, 2011.)
    http://www.unesco.org/culture/en/endangeredlanguages/atlas
  2. World Oral Literature Project
    "World Oral Literature Project." Online: http://www.oralliterature.org.
    http://www.oralliterature.org
  3. The Red Book of the Peoples of the Russian Empire
    "The Red Book of the Peoples of the Russian Empire." edited by Andrew Humphreys and Krista Mits. Online: http://www.eki.ee/books/redbook.
    http://www.eki.ee/books/redbook
  4. Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 16th Edition (2009)
    Lewis, M. Paul (ed.). 2009. Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 16 edn. http://www.ethnologue.com/home.asp. (15 February, 2011.)
    http://www.ethnologue.com/
  5. Bukharan Tajik
    Ido, Shinji. 2007. "Bukharan Tajik." 26: München: Lincom.
  6. Bukharan Jews
    Michael Zand. 2006. "Bukharan Jews." In Bukharan Jews: History, Language, Literature, Culture, edited by Ḣano Tolmas. 7-55. World Bukharian Jewish Congress.
  7. Bukharan Jewish Culture of the Soviet Period
    Michael Zand. 2006. "Bukharan Jewish Culture of the Soviet Period." In Bukharan Jews: History, Language, Literature, Culture, edited by Ḣano Tolmas. 56-81. World Bukharian Jewish Congress.