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Mizrahi Hebrew

Wikipedia's first sentence called it “actually a blanket term for many dialects”. Today it says “group of pronunciation systems for biblical hebrew used background of arabic”.
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Mizrahi Hebrew language or Oriental Hebrew language refers to any one of the dialects of Biblical Hebrew used liturgically by Mizrahi Jews , that is, Jews living in Arab countries or further east, and typically speaking Arabic , Persian , Hindi , Chinese , or other languages of the Middle East and Asia .1 As such, Mizrahi Hebrew is actually a blanket term for many dialects. See Yemenite Hebrew language Sephardi Hebrew is not considered one of these, although it has been spoken in the Middle East and North Africa . The Sephardim were expellees from Spain , and settled among the Mizrahim. v t e v t e2

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Wikipedia's first sentence called it “actually a blanket term for many dialects”. Today it says “group of pronunciation systems for biblical hebrew used background of arabic”. Read the current article and compare.
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Then

actually a blanket term for many dialects

Now

group of pronunciation systems for biblical hebrew used background of arabic

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