Bukharan Jews
יהודים בוכרים Бухарӣ | |
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Jewish family in Bukhara, 1880 | |
| Total population | |
| 300,000–350,000 (est.) | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| Israel | 160,000 |
United States
| 70,000 50,000 |
| United Kingdom | 15,000 |
| Austria | 3,000–3,500 |
| Germany | 2,000 |
| Uzbekistan | 1,500 150 |
| Canada | 1,500 |
| Russia | 1,000 |
| Australia | 130+ 130+ |
| Tajikistan | 34 |
| Languages | |
| Traditionally Bukharian (Judeo-Tajik), Russian, English (North America, United Kingdom), Hebrew (Israel), and Uzbek (Uzbekistan) | |
| Religion | |
| Judaism | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Iranian Jews, Iraqi Jews, Afghan Jews, Mountain Jews, Kurdish Jews, Georgian Jews, Mizrahi Jews, Soviet Jews | |
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Bukharan Jews, also known as Bukharian Jews, are the Mizrahi Jewish sub-group of Central Asia that dwelt predominantly in what is today Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Afghanistan. The group's name is derived from the Emirate of Bukhara, a polity that once had a sizable Jewish population.
Bukharan Jews are one of the oldest Jewish diaspora groups, dating back to the Babylonian exile, and comprise a branch of Persian-speaking Jewry. They are also one of the oldest ethnoreligious groups in Central Asia.
Since the dissolution of the Soviet Union, most Bukharan Jews have emigrated to Israel, the United States, Canada, Europe, and Australia.