Judeo-Spanish
Iberian diaspora language
Judeo-Spanish is the language spoken by Sephardic Jews, descendants of those expelled from Spain in 1492.
Also called Ladino, it preserves medieval Spanish mixed with Hebrew, Turkish, and other influences from the lands where Sephardim settled.
The language is endangered today, with most speakers elderly: My grandmother still sings songs in Judeo-Spanish.
Jews of Iberian origin
- expulsionForced permanent removal
- Iberian PeninsulaSouthwestern European landmass
- Alhambra DecreeSpanish order banishing Jews
- InquisitionChurch tribunal against heretics
Diaspora · Ottoman Empire · Thessaloniki · Sarajevo · Izmir · Istanbul · Rhodes · Morocco
Sephardic heritage language
- RomanceLatin-descended language group
- CastilianSpain's official language
- HebrewSemitic language of Israel
- phonologyScience of language sounds
grammar · syntax · vocabulary · lexicon · cognates · archaisms · loanwords · proverbs
Restoring vigor or vitality
- preservationMaintaining something's condition
- documentationWritten proof or instructions
- moribundNear death, failing
- decliningDecreasing in strength
vanishing · vulnerable · extinction · intergenerational · UNESCO · archives · recordings · oral history
Custom passed through generations
- ancestryFamily line of descent
- cultureCollective social practices
- legacyWhat's passed down
- customsTraditional practices or import taxes
identity · roots · folklore · ballads · proverbs · cuisine · seder · Passover
Narrative verse set to music
- proverbsTraditional wisdom capsules
- folktalesTraditional oral narratives
- newspapersPrinted daily publications
- poetryMetrical literary composition
drama · memoirs · oral tradition · manuscripts · printing · Constantinople · chronicles · translations
Sephardim
Jews of Iberian origin
- expulsionForced permanent removal
- Iberian PeninsulaSouthwestern European landmass
- Alhambra DecreeSpanish order banishing Jews
Inquisition · Diaspora · Ottoman Empire · Thessaloniki · Sarajevo · Izmir · Istanbul · Rhodes · Morocco · Balkans
Ladino
Sephardic heritage language
- RomanceLatin-descended language group
- CastilianSpain's official language
- HebrewSemitic language of Israel
phonology · grammar · syntax · vocabulary · lexicon · cognates · archaisms · loanwords · proverbs · translation
revitalization
Restoring vigor or vitality
- preservationMaintaining something's condition
- documentationWritten proof or instructions
- moribundNear death, failing
declining · vanishing · vulnerable · extinction · intergenerational · UNESCO · archives · recordings · oral history · fieldwork
tradition
Custom passed through generations
customs · identity · roots · folklore · ballads · proverbs · cuisine · seder · Passover · Shabbat
ballads
Narrative verse set to music
- proverbsTraditional wisdom capsules
- folktalesTraditional oral narratives
- newspapersPrinted daily publications
poetry · drama · memoirs · oral tradition · manuscripts · printing · Constantinople · chronicles · translations
- Jewish LanguagesYiddish, Ladino, Hebrew, Modern Hebrew
- LadinoLadino
- Language EnclavesPennsylvania Dutch, Gullah, Cajun French, Louisiana Creole, Ladino
- Ottoman JewrySephardim, Ladino, Ottoman Empire
- SephardicLadino, Sephardi, expulsion, 1492, Inquisition
- Sephardic JewsLadino, Toledo, Lisbon, Barcelona, Granada
Judeo-SpanishMexican Spanish
North American Iberian dialect
Judeo-SpanishMexican Spanish
North American Iberian dialect