Ladino
Iberian Jewish language
Ladino in Central American usage refers to a mestizo or Spanish-speaking person, particularly one who has adopted European cultural practices rather than indigenous ones.
The term is especially common in Guatemala, where it distinguishes the Spanish-speaking population from Maya communities: Ladino families dominated the coffee trade. (Lowercase ladino refers to the Judeo-Spanish language.)
Jews of Iberian origin
- IberianOf Spain and Portugal
- expulsionForced permanent removal
- 1492Discovery voyage year
- Alhambra DecreeSpanish order banishing Jews
Spanish Inquisition · synagogue · liturgy · Sabbath · kosher · Kabbalah · Shoah
Jews of Iberian origin
- Judeo-SpanishSephardic Jews' ancestral language
- RomanceLatin-descended language group
- CastilianSpain's official language
- Hebrew scriptJewish alphabet system
phonology · lexicon · grammar · loanwords · dialect · vernacular · calque · bilingualism
Scattering across space
- exileBanishment from homeland
- expulsionForced permanent removal
- migrationMovement to new territory
- Ottoman EmpireTurkish sultanate, 1299-1922
Balkans · Thessaloniki · Istanbul · Izmir · Sarajevo · Sofia · Jerusalem · Tel Aviv
Traditional wisdom capsules
- folkloreInherited cultural narratives
- balladsNarrative verse set to music
- recipesInstructions for preparing dishes
- customsTraditional practices or import taxes
traditions · oral history · storytelling · music · legacy · ancestry · lineage · cultural memory
Restoring vigor or vitality
- preservationMaintaining something's condition
- documentationWritten proof or instructions
- moribundNear death, failing
- decliningDecreasing in strength
vulnerable · UNESCO · intergenerational · transmission · archives · recordings · digitization · corpus
Of multiple ancestries
- mestizoBiracial Latin American
- criolloAmerican-born colonial Spaniard
- GuatemalaCentral American republic
- colonialOf occupied territories
casta · mulatto · indigenous · European · social hierarchy · Spanish-speaking · Maya
Sephardim
Jews of Iberian origin
Alhambra Decree · Spanish Inquisition · synagogue · liturgy · Sabbath · kosher · Kabbalah · Shoah
Sephardim
Jews of Iberian origin
- Judeo-SpanishSephardic Jews' ancestral language
- RomanceLatin-descended language group
- CastilianSpain's official language
Hebrew script · phonology · lexicon · grammar · loanwords · dialect · vernacular · calque · bilingualism
dispersion
Scattering across space
Ottoman Empire · Balkans · Thessaloniki · Istanbul · Izmir · Sarajevo · Sofia · Jerusalem · Tel Aviv · Buenos Aires
proverbs
Traditional wisdom capsules
- folkloreInherited cultural narratives
- balladsNarrative verse set to music
- recipesInstructions for preparing dishes
customs · traditions · oral history · storytelling · music · legacy · ancestry · lineage · cultural memory
revitalization
Restoring vigor or vitality
- preservationMaintaining something's condition
- documentationWritten proof or instructions
- moribundNear death, failing
declining · vulnerable · UNESCO · intergenerational · transmission · archives · recordings · digitization · corpus · revival
mixed-race
Of multiple ancestries
- mestizoBiracial Latin American
- criolloAmerican-born colonial Spaniard
- GuatemalaCentral American republic
colonial · casta · mulatto · indigenous · European · social hierarchy · Spanish-speaking · Maya
- languagesEnglish, Arabic, Chinese, German, French
- Spanish/PortugueseSpanish, Portuguese, Castilian, Catalan, Galician
- Jewish heritageTorah scrolls, synagogues, Ashkenazi, rabbis, Sephardic
- Romance languagesSpanish, French, Italian, Portuguese, Romanian
- European JewsAshkenazi, Sephardic, synagogues, rabbis, Holocaust
- Guatemalaquetzal, Antigua, Tikal, Guatemala City, marimba
LadinoCastilian
Spain's official language
Portuguese · Catalan · Galician · Latin