Tags: Ethnic Group.

Cochin Jews also called Malabar Jews are of Mizrahi heritage and the oldest group of Jews in India with possible roots claimed to date to the time of King Solomon. The Cochin Jews settled in the Kingdom of Cochin in South India now part of the state of Kerala.

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language
Hebrew language, Judeo-Malayalam
population place
India, Israel
related
Bene Israel, Baghdadi Jews, Sephardic Jews in India, Knanaya, Paradesi Jews
religion
Judaism
total population
5000

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