Ladino (Judeo-Spanish)

E11348

Jewish language Romance language diaspora language

Ladino (Judeo-Spanish) is a Romance language derived mainly from Old Spanish, historically spoken by Sephardic Jews and preserving many archaic Iberian features alongside Hebrew and other linguistic influences.

Aliases (13)

Statements (60)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Jewish language → Romance language → diaspora language →
derivedFrom	Medieval Castilian → Old Spanish →
endangermentStatus	endangered language →
hasAlternativeName	Djudeo-espanyol → Judeo-Spanish → Judeoespañol → Judezmo → Spanyol →
hasAncestor	Latin → Old Spanish →
hasCulturalDomain	Sephardic literature → Sephardic music → Sephardic oral tradition →
hasDialects	Eastern Ladino → Haketia → Western Ladino →
hasEthnicGroup	Sephardic Jews →
hasGlottocode	lade1238 →
hasInfluenceFrom	Arabic → Aramaic → French → Greek → Hebrew → Italian → Turkish →
hasISO639-2Code	lad →
hasISO639-3Code	lad →
hasLanguageFamily	Indo-European languages → Romance languages →
hasLinguasphereCode	51-AAA-j →
hasReligiousUse	Sephardic liturgy → biblical translations → prayer books →
hasWritingSystem	Hebrew alphabet → Latin alphabet → Rashi script → Solitreo script →
historicallySpokenIn	Balkans → Eastern Mediterranean → North Africa → Ottoman Empire →
originatedAfterEvent	Expulsion of the Jews from Spain (1492) →
preservesFeature	Old Spanish phonology → archaic Iberian vocabulary → medieval Castilian morphology →
spokenIn	Bosnia and Herzegovina → Bulgaria → France → Greece → Israel → Latin America → North Macedonia → Serbia → Turkey → United States →
subclassOf	Ibero-Romance language →
usedBy	Sephardic Jewish communities →

Referenced by (26)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Haketia ("Judeo-Moroccan Spanish") → Haketia ("Judeo-Spanish of North Africa") → Ladino (Judeo-Spanish) ("Judeo-Spanish") → Ladino (Judeo-Spanish) ("Judeoespañol") → Ladino (Judeo-Spanish) ("Djudeo-espanyol") →	hasAlternativeName
Jewish Americans ("Ladino") → Sephardi Jews ("Ladino") → Sephardi Jews ("Judeo-Spanish") →	language
Judezmo ("Ladino") → Judezmo ("Judeo-Spanish") →	alsoKnownAs
Judezmo ("Eastern Judeo-Spanish") → Judezmo ("Western Judeo-Spanish") →	hasDialect
Ladino (Judeo-Spanish) ("Eastern Ladino") → Ladino (Judeo-Spanish) ("Western Ladino") →	hasDialects
Rashi script ("Judeo-Spanish") → Rashi script ("Ladino") →	usedFor
Haketia ("Ladino") →	closelyRelatedTo
Vulgar Latin ("Old Spanish") →	developedInto
Old Spanish ("Judeo-Spanish") →	developsInto
Jewish diaspora →	hasLanguage
Ibero-Romance languages ("Judaeo-Spanish language") →	hasMajorLanguage
Romance languages ("Judeo-Spanish language") →	includeLanguage
Judeo-Iranian languages ("Ladino") →	sharesFeatureWith
Hebrew alphabet ("Judeo-Spanish") →	usedForLanguage
Lamed ("Ladino") →	usedInLanguage
Sephardic music ("Judeo-Spanish") →	usesLanguage