Many Jewish languages are endangered, including several from Iran. While most Iranian Jews today speak Persian/Farsi, a small cohort of elderly Jews still speak Judeo-Hamadani, Judeo-Isfahani, Judeo-Kashani, Judeo-Shirzai, Judeo-Yazdi, Jewish Neo-Aramaic. Some of these languages have little or no documentation, and are in danger of disappearing.

The Jewish Language Project is addressing this issue in collaboration with the Endangered Language Alliance, Wikitongues, the Living Tongues Institute for Endangered Languages, and the Y&S Nazarian Iranian Young Leadership Initiative of the Jewish Federation of Greater Los Angeles.

For more information about the project, visit jewishlanguages.org/.