RELIGIONS
JUDAISM
Question
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Yiddish
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Spanish
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Ladino
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Arabic
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Detailed explanation-1: -It’s called Judeo-Spanish, or Ladino, and it’s a beautiful mix of Castilian Spanish and Hebrew, with a smidgen of Arabic, Greek, Turkish and French thrown in for good measure. If Yiddish is the language of Ashkenazi Jews, then Ladino is the language of Sephardic Jews.
Detailed explanation-2: -Sephardic Jews are Jews of Spanish and Portuguese origin, and their traditional language is Ladino, which is a dialect of Spanish also written in the Hebrew alphabet. However, many Ashkenazi and Sephardic Jews also speak the languages of the countries in which they currently reside, such as Hebrew, English, or Russian.
Detailed explanation-3: -Ladino is a language that was developed by the Sephardic Jews of the Iberian Peninsula (modern-day Spain and Portugal).
Detailed explanation-4: -Expelled from Spain in 1492 and from Portugal in 1497, the Sephardic Jews took with them their unique language called Ladino, also refered to as Judeo-Spanish, Judesmo, or Sephardi.