![]() ![]() ![]() Georgian Jewish traders developed the jargon Qivruli (Jewish), many roots of which originated in Hebrew.Īccording to the 1897 census 6,407 Jews in the Russian Empire considered Georgian their mother-tongue. The Jews of Georgia call themselves Ebraeli and use Georgian language as their spoken and written language of communication, without resorting to the Hebrew alphabet. Georgian historical literature had used the term "Georgian Jews" already in the 11th century, but as a firmly established term referring to a specific community it was used only from the early 19th century after Georgia was incorporated in the Russian Empire. There is a tradition among the Jews of Georgia (the "Gurjim") that they are descended from the Ten Tribes exiled by Shalmaneser, which they support by their claim that there are no kohanim (priestly families) among them. წყარო: Encyclopaedia Judaica, online-version. ![]()
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