Ladino language
language derived from Medieval Spanish spoken by Sephardic Jews / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Not to be confused with Ladin.
Ladino (also called Judeo-Spanish) is a Jewish Romance language that is very close to the Spanish language. It has many old Spanish words and Hebrew words.
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Judaeo-Spanish | |
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Ladino | |
גֿודֿיאו-איספאנייול Djudeo-Espagnol גֿידֿייו Djidio גֿודֿזמו Djudesmo איספאנייול Espagnol איספאנייוליקו Espagnolico חאקיטיאה Jaquetía לאדינו Ladino | |
Pronunciation | [dʒuˈðeo espaˈɲol] |
Native to | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() and others |
Ethnicity | Sephardim |
Native speakers | Between 70,000 and 200,000.[1] Most recent estimates around 95,000. 72,000 in Israel, 7,000 in Turkey, 3,500 in the USA, 2,500 in France, around 1,000 each in Greece, Brazil and the UK. (2013) |
Dialects |
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Mainly Latin script Original script Rashi and Solitreo Other scripts; Persian, Cyrillic, Greek and Hebrew. | |
Official status | |
Regulated by | Autoridad Nasionala del Ladino in Israel (using Latin letters) |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-2 | lad |
ISO 639-3 | lad |
ELP | Ladino |
Linguasphere | 51-AAB-ba ... 51-AAB-bd |
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