Judeo-Persian languages

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The Judæo-Persian languages include a number of related Jewish languages spoken throughout the formerly extensive realm of the Persian Empire, sometimes including all the Jewish Indo-Iranian languages:

Geographic distribution of Iranian languages, including Judeo-Persian languages

Dzhidi (literary Judæo-Persian)
Bukhori (Judæo-Bukharic, Judæo-Tajik, the Jewish language of the distinctive Jewish community centered in Bukhara)
Judæo-Golpaygani (the Judæo-Persian language traditionally spoken in the environs of Gulpaigan and western Isfahan Province, Iran)
Judæo-Yazdi (spoken in the environs of Yazd and elsewhere in Yazd Province, in central Iran)
Judæo-Kermani (spoken in Kerman and elsewhere in Kerman Province, in south-central Iran)
Judæo-Shirazi (spoken in Shiraz and elsewhere in Fars Province, in southwestern Iran)
Judæo-Esfahani (spoken in Isfahan and environs, as well as elsewhere in central and southern Isfahan Province, Iran)
Judæo-Hamedani (spoken in Hamadan and elsewhere in Hamadan Province, in western Iran)
Judæo-Kashani (spoken in Kashan and elsewhere in northern Isfahan Province, in western Iran)
Judæo-Borujerdi (spoken in Borujerd and elsewhere in Lorestan Province, in western Iran)
Judæo-Nehevandi (spoken in Nahavand and elsewhere in northern Hamadan Province, in western Iran)
Judæo-Khunsari (spoken in Khansar and elsewhere in far-western Isfahan Province, in western Iran)
Juhuri (Judæo-Tat)
Judæo-Kurdish (not to be confused with several Jewish Neo-Aramaic languages which are also sometimes called "Judeo-Kurdish")

These languages have developed in relative isolation, in some cases for over 2,500 years, to the extent that several of them are considered to be completely independent, notably, Juhuri and Bukhori. Regardless, they have a number of shared features, notably their origin in ancient dialects of Persian and related languages, as well as nearly simultaneous communal development. Like most Jewish languages, all the Judæo-Persian languages contain great numbers of Hebrew loanwords, and are written using variations of the Hebrew alphabet.