Ladino (language)
- Scope note
- Romance language spoken by Sephardic Jews in Israel, the Balkans, North Africa, Greece, and Turkey. It combines a very archaic form of Castilian Spanish with Hebrew, along with elements from Aramaic, Arabic, Turkish, Greek, French, Bulgarian, and Italian. Ladino originated in Spain and was carried to its present speech areas by the descendants of the Spanish Jews who were expelled from Spain after 1492.
- Date of creation: 18-Nov-2024
Accepted term: 18-Nov-2024