Judeo-Italian

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Judeo-Italian is a group of historically Jewish dialects of Italian that blend Hebrew and Aramaic elements with local Italian varieties, traditionally spoken by Jewish communities in Italy.


Statements (54)
Predicate Object
instanceOf Jewish language
dialect group
language variety
hasCategory Jewish Italian culture
Judaeo-Romance languages
Languages of Italy
hasCharacteristic code-switching with Hebrew
distinct Jewish religious vocabulary
heavy use of Hebrew loanwords
oral transmission
presence of Aramaic loanwords
use in religious and communal contexts
hasPart Judeo-Corsican
Judeo-Ferrarese
Judeo-Florentine
Judeo-Livornese
Judeo-Mantuan
Judeo-Milanese
Judeo-Neapolitan
Judeo-Roman
Judeo-Sicilian
Judeo-Turinese
Judeo-Tuscan
Judeo-Venetian
influencedBy Aramaic
Hebrew
Italian
local Italo-Romance dialects
languageFamily Indo-European languages
Romance languages
region Ferrara
Florence
Italy
Livorno
Mantua
Piedmont
Rome
Sicily
Tuscany
Venice
status endangered
severely endangered
subclassOf Italo-Romance variety
Jewish ethnolect
Judeo-Romance language
timePeriod Early modern period
Middle Ages
modern era
usedBy Italian Jews
Jewish communities in Italy
usedFor daily communication in Jewish communities
religious study
writingSystem Hebrew alphabet
Latin alphabet

Referenced by (13)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Judeo-Italian ("Judeo-Venetian")
Judeo-Italian ("Judeo-Livornese")
Judeo-Italian ("Judeo-Tuscan")
Judeo-Italian ("Judeo-Neapolitan")
Judeo-Italian ("Judeo-Sicilian")
hasPart
Italian Jews
Italkim
language
Sephardi-Mizrahi prayer rite ("Italian Nusach Italki")
differsFrom
Jewish diaspora
hasLanguage
Italkim ("Judeo-Italian dialects")
historicalLanguage
Judeo-Roman ("Judeo-Italian language")
subclassOf
Hebrew alphabet
usedForLanguage
Jews
usesLanguage

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