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Africa
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~9,500

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Year of info

2007

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Israel, Kurdistan

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Vulnerable

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10,000

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2010

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32.2128,34.9118

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Vulnerable

Native Speakers Worldwide

10,350

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10,000 in Israel (1999 H. Mutzafi). Population total all countries: 10,350.

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2009

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USA; Iran; Israel;

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2013

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34.1703,46.1432

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2009

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In 1952 about 1,000 (of 4,000) Jews emigrated to the newly founded State of Israel. Over the subsequent two decades there was a gradual emigration of the Jews from the town [of Sanandaj] either to Tehran or abroad, mostly to Israel. After the Iranian Revolution in 1979 most of the remaining Jews left Sanandaj, the majority settling in Los Angeles in the USA and the remainder in Israel or Europe. Today only about half a dozen elderly Jews are reported to be still living in the town.

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In 1952 about 1,000 (of 4,000) Jews emigrated to the newly founded State of Israel. Over the subsequent two decades there was a gradual emigration of the Jews from the town [of Sanandaj] either to Tehran or abroad, mostly to Israel. After the Iranian Revolution in 1979 most of the remaining Jews left Sanandaj, the majority settling in Los Angeles in the USA and the remainder in Israel or Europe. Today only about half a dozen elderly Jews are reported to be still living in the town.

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Kurdish and Farsi

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The Jewish Sanandaj Neo-Aramaic dialect is extensively influenced by Kurdish and Persian (Farsi). Kurdish was spoken in and around the town of Sanandaj by the Muslim population. The Jews would have been exposed to Persian as an official language in schools and government administration.

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3,500 from Sulemaniyya ca. 1950, and about 120 households from Halabja, ca. 1940

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2004

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35.32,45.25;35.10,45.58

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The towns of Sulemaniyya and Halabja, in eastern Iraqi Kurdistan in the foothills of the Hawraman Mountains

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The towns of Sulemaniyya and Halabja, in eastern Iraqi Kurdistan in the foothills of the Hawraman Mountains

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Kurdish, in Sulemaniyya; Modern Hebrew

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10,300

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  9. Personal Communication
    Charles Häberl. 2013. "Personal Communication."