View source for Judeo-Marathi

{{short description|Indo-Aryan language}}
{{Citations needed|date=August 2020}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2020}}
{{Infobox language
| name = Judeo-Marathi
| nativename = {{lang|mr|मराठी}} {{lang|mr|𑘦𑘨𑘰𑘙𑘲}}
| imagecaption = {{longitem|"Marathi" in [[Devanagari]] and [[Hebrew script]]}}
| image = 
| imagesize = 
| imageheader = 
| pronunciation = {{IPA-mr|məˈɾaʈʰi|}}
| states = [[India]]
| region = [[Maharashtra]]
| ethnicity = [[Marathi people|Marathis]]
| speakers = {{sigfig|25,000|2}}
| familycolor = Indo-European
| fam2 = [[Indo-Iranian languages|Indo-Iranian]]
| fam3 = [[Indo-Aryan languages|Indo-Aryan]]
| fam4 = [[Southern Indo-Aryan languages|Southern Indo-Aryan]]
| fam5 = [[Maharashtri Prakrit|Maharashtri]]
| fam6 = [[Marathi–Konkani languages|Marathi–Konkani]]
| fam7 = [[Marathi language|Marathi]]
}}

[[Image:120 Bombay 1890.png|thumb|right|250px|A page from a Haggada shel Pesah in Judaeo-Marathi which was printed in Mumbai in 1890.]]

'''Judeo-Marathi''' ([[Marathi language|Marathi]]: जुदाव मराठी) is a form of [[Marathi language|Marathi]] spoken by the [[Bene Israel]],<ref name=":4">{{Cite web|url=http://searcharchives.bl.uk/primo_library/libweb/action/display.do?tabs=detailsTab&ct=display&fn=search&doc=IAMS032-003380961&indx=1&recIds=IAMS032-003380961&recIdxs=0&elementId=0&renderMode=poppedOut&displayMode=full&frbrVersion=&dscnt=0&frbg=&scp.scps=scope%3A%28BL%29&tab=local&dstmp=1508327520166&srt=rank&mode=Basic&&dum=true&vl(freeText0)=Or%2014014&vid=IAMS_VU2&_ga=2.106079044.638512483.1572398805-681626015.1571658942|title=Liturgical miscellany; Or 14014 : 1800-1899 era|publisher=British Library|url-status=live|access-date=2019-10-30}}</ref> a [[Jewish ethnic group]] that developed a unique identity in [[India]]. Judæo-Marathi is, like other Marathi, written in the [[Devanagari]] script. It may not be sufficiently different from [[Marathi language|Marathi]] as to constitute a distinct language,{{citation needed|date=August 2020}} although it is characterized by a number of [[loanword]]s from [[Hebrew language|Hebrew]] and [[Aramaic]] as a result of influence from the [[Cochin Jew]]ish community, [[Judæo-Malayalam]] and [[Portuguese language|Portuguese]] and also some influence from the [[Urdu]] language. It has some linguistic features in common with various [[Jewish languages]], developed by Jewish communities in widely disparate places in times, which are also variants of a local language with [[loanword]]s from [[Hebrew language|Hebrew]] and [[Aramaic language|Aramaic]].

The Judæo-Marathi community mainly resides in [[Raigad district|Raigad]] and [[Thane]] districts and the city of [[Mumbai]] in [[Maharashtra]]. The majority of its members have emigrated to [[Israel]], and most of the rest live in [[England]] and [[Canada]]. Recently, a rare Marathi-Hebrew text titled "Poona Haggadah", was found in [[Manchester]]. The 137-year-old book, which was used by the Bene-Israel community, was discovered by a [[University of Manchester]] historian, Yaakov Wise.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://news.in.msn.com/international/article.aspx?cp-documentid=5235189 |title=MSN India News, 26/6/2011 |access-date=26 June 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120327074504/http://news.in.msn.com/international/article.aspx?cp-documentid=5235189 |archive-date=27 March 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

== References ==
<references />

==External links==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20071218070527/http://dusarichalwal.blog.com/529767/ a blog about Bene-Israel]

{{Jewish languages}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Judaeo-Marathi}}
[[Category:Jewish languages]]
[[Category:Jews and Judaism in India]]
[[Category:Jews and Judaism in Pakistan]]
[[Category:Marathi language]]
[[Category:Bene Israel]]


{{jewish-hist-stub}}
{{IndoAryan-lang-stub}}
{{India-culture-stub}}