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Bookmark or Share- Judaeo-Spanish - WikipediaIn Israel, Hebrew speakers usually call the language Ladino, Espanyolit or Spanyolit. Judaeo-Spanish, once the Jewish lingua franca of the Adriatic Sea, the Balkans, and the Middle East, and renowned for its rich literature, especially in Salonika, today is under serious threat of extinction.
- What Is Ladino, And Where Is It Spoken? - Babbel.comLadino is a language that was developed by the Sephardic Jews of the Iberian Peninsula (modern-day Spain and Portugal). It’s hard to pinpoint when exactly the language came about, because the divisions between languages were not as rigid many centuries ago.
- Ladino | Sephardic, Jews, Language | BritannicaLadino, Westernized Central American person of predominantly mixed Spanish and indigenous descent. In that sense, ladino is synonymous with mestizo. The word ladino is Spanish (meaning “Latin”), and the ladinos of Central America are not to be confused with those Sephardic Jews who speak the Ladino
- Modern Jewish History: The Ladino Language - Jewish Virtual LibrarySometimes called "Spaniolish," Ladino is the Spanish-Jewish dialect spoken by Sephardic Jews. Ladino's origins are similar to those of Yiddish, in that they both combine Hebrew and local language (s). As the Ladino language developed during the 15th and 16th centuries, it grew to include Arabic, Turkish, Greek, French and Italian.
- What is Ladino? - My Jewish LearningJudeo-Spanish -- also known as Ladino -- mixes 16th-century Spanish, Hebrew, Turkish and other languages. A Jewish family outside their home in Salonika, Greece in the 1930s. (Rene & Tillie Molho/US Holocaust Memorial Museum) Judeo-Spanish (JS) is a language of Hispanic stock spoken and written by Jews of Spanish origin.
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