| Judaeo-Spanish | |
|---|---|
| Native to |  Israel  Turkey  Greece[1] |
| Region | Balkans, Middle East, North Africa, Europe[1] and Americas[2] |
Indo-European
| |
| Latin script[1], Hebrew script[2] | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | lad |
Judaeo-Spanish (also spelled Judeo-Spanish[2] or Judæo-Spanish[3]) is a Romance language derived from Old Spanish. It is embedded with Hebrew, Aramaic, Arabic, Turkish and Balkan components.[1]
It originated from Medieval Spain with the expulsion of Jews from Spain in 1492. The newly established communities in the Ottoman Empire and Morocco continued to use the language in both oral and wirtten forms. The language is called by many names including "Ladino". However, originally Ladino meant a form of Judaeo-Spanish used in the translation of the Bible and other sacred Jewish texts since the 16th century.[1]
Today, it is spoken in Israel[1], Turkey[1] [3] and Greece[1] and other countries. Some sources consider it to be a dialect of Spanish.[2]
Speakers include Fabiola Kramsky, wife of George Gascón and Kat Parra[4], Flory Jagoda, Raphael Yair Elnaday and Yasmin Levy singers in Ladino.
Songs include "En la Mar"[4], "Adio Querida", "El Rey de Francia", "Noches noches", "Dos amantes", "Fel Shara", "Los Bilbilicos", "Scalerica de Oro", "Tres Hermanicas Eran" etc.[5]
Approximately %60 of the vocabulary of Judaeo-Spanish is basically Castilian.[6]
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- ^ a b c d e f g h Held, Michal (31/03/2011). "The People Who Almost Forgot: JudaeoSpanish Online Communities As a Digital Home-Land - Part 1". "Ben-Gurion University of the Negev", "Center Moshe David Gaon for Ladino Culture", "World Union for Jewish Studies" and "The National Authority for Ladino and its Culture". Retrieved 4 January 2013.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|date=(help) - ^ a b c d "Judeo-Spanish". The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language. 2009. Retrieved 4 January 2013.
- ^ a b "Sephardi Jews". Retrieved 4 January 2013.
- ^ a b "Qué es el ladino y cómo se conserva con música (English subtitles)" (in Spanish). Retrieved 4 January 2013.
- ^ "Judaeo Spanish Music". Retrieved 4 January 2013.
- ^ "HebrewTranslation.com". Retrieved 4 January 2013.