Hakitia

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Hakitia is a Judeo-Spanish dialect historically spoken by North African Sephardic Jews, blending Old Spanish with Hebrew and elements of Arabic.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Jewish language
Judeo-Spanish dialect
diaspora language
alternativeName Haketia
Haquetía
Judeo-Spanish of North Africa
associatedWith Gibraltar Jewish community
Sephardi and Mizrahi Jews
surface form: Moroccan Jewish community

Sephardi Jews
surface form: Sephardic diaspora
culturalRole marker of Moroccan Jewish identity
vehicle of Sephardic oral tradition
declineCause language shift to Arabic
language shift to French
language shift to Hebrew in Israel
language shift to Spanish
derivedFrom Old Spanish
hasFeature distinct phonology from Eastern Judeo-Spanish (Ladino)
heavy use of Hebrew loanwords for religious concepts
integration of Arabic discourse markers
hasInfluenceFrom Arabic
Berber languages
Hebrew
Maghrebi Arabic
languageFamily Romance language
lexicalSource Peninsular Spanish
surface form: Castilian Spanish

Hebrew religious vocabulary
Maghrebi Arabic vocabulary
notableDifferenceFrom Ladino
originEvent expulsion of Jews from Spain in 1492
region Algeria
Ceuta
Melilla
Morocco
North Africa
northern Morocco
surface form: Northern Morocco

Oran
Tangier
Tétouan
surface form: Tetouan
revitalizationEffort documented by linguists and community scholars
taught in some cultural and community programs
status endangered language
severely endangered language
subfamily Ibero-Romance language
Judeo-Spanish
timePeriod post-1492 Sephardic diaspora
typicalDomain home language
informal speech
jokes and humor
songs
usedBy Sephardi Jews
surface form: North African Sephardic Jews

Sephardi Jews
surface form: Sephardic Jews
writingSystem Hebrew alphabet
Latin alphabet

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Haketia hasAlternativeName Hakitia