Judeo-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 is a variety of Marathi spoken by the Bene Israel, a Jewish ethnic group in Maharashtra. There is no evidence that Judeo-Marathi substantially differed from other forms of Marathi. However, there are several manuscripts of Jewish texts written in Marathi using Devanagari or Hebrew script. For instance, a Haggadah from 1911 contains Hebrew written in Devanagari, and a prayer book with instructions in Marathi written in the Hebrew script. In 2011, a Marathi-Hebrew text titled Poona Haggadah, was found in Salford. The 137-year-old book, which was used by the Bene-Israel community, was discovered by historian Yaakov Wise.
Currently, the Bene Israel community mainly resides in Israel, but some continue to live in Mumbai.