Judaeo-Spanish

Judaeo-Spanish or Judeo-Spanish (autonym , Hebrew script: ), also known as Ladino or Judezmo, Sephardi or Spaniolit, is a Romance language derived from Castilian Old Spanish.

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Judaeo-Spanish is a Romance language that developed from Old Spanish and was spoken by Sephardic Jewish communities, particularly after they were expelled from Spain in the late 1400s. It remains significant today as a marker of Sephardic cultural and linguistic heritage, connecting speakers to centuries of Jewish history and identity.

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Language.name: Judaeo-Spanish
Language.altname: Ladino / לאדינו
Language.image: Judaeo-Spanish_in_Rashi_and_Soletreo.png
Language.imagescale: 1.45
Language.image_class: skin-invert-image
Language.imagealt: judeoespañol / djudeo-espanyol
Language.imagecaption: Judeoespañol in Solitreo and Rashi scripts
Language.states: Spain, Israel, Turkey, Greece (12 reported 2017), Bosnia and Herzegovina (2 as of 2022), Morocco (Ḥaketía dialect), Brazil (Ḥaketía dialect), Algeria (Tetuani Dialect)
Language.region: Mediterranean Basin (native region), formerly also the Americas
Language.ethnicity: Sephardic Jews
Language.date: 2018

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Name
Origins
Source languages
Spanish
Portuguese and other Iberian languages
Hebrew and Aramaic
Turkish
French
Arabic
Other source languages
Varieties
Phonology
Consonants
Vowels
Phonological differences from Spanish
Morphology
Verb conjugation
Syntax
Orthography
Hebrew script
Latin script
Historical orthographies
History
Literature
Religious use
Modern education and use
Samples
Comparison with other languages
Songs
Dialectal differences
Selected words by origin
Modern singers
See also
References
Further reading
External links

Judaeo-Spanish or Judeo-Spanish (autonym , Hebrew script: ), also known as Ladino or Judezmo, Sephardi or Spaniolit, is a Romance language derived from Castilian Old Spanish.

It has been spoken by Sephardic Jews since they were expelled from the Iberian Peninsula after the Edict of Expulsion, and with their migrations it spread throughout the Ottoman Empire (the Balkans, Greece, Turkey, West Asia, and North Africa) as well as France, Italy, the Netherlands, Morocco, and England. It is today spoken mainly by Sephardic minorities in more than 30 countries, with most speakers residing currently in Israel. Although it has no official status in any country, it has been acknowledged as a minority language in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Israel, and France. In 2017, it was formally recognised by the Royal Spanish Academy.