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ISO 639-3 · ladlad
Indo-European family
Judaeo-Spanish
Lingua djudeo-espanyola
Judaeo-Spanish is a language of the Judaeo-Romance branch (Indo-European), spoken in Israel. Wikidata counts about 137,000 speakers (2016). Wikidata describes it as “language derived from Medieval Spanish spoken by Sephardic Jews”.
At a glance
- ISO 639-3
lad- Glottocode
ladi1251- Family
- Indo-European
- EGIDS
- 7 Shifting
- UNESCO
- Severely endangered
- Centre point
- 40.70, 22.90
- Wikipedia
- 86 language editions
—first-language speakers
—second-language speakers
1countries
3scripts
5levels in the tree
7EGIDS level
Facts
| Name | Judaeo-Spanish · Lingua djudeo-espanyola |
|---|---|
| Also called | Ladino language, lad, Judæo-Spanish, Judeo-Spanish, Judæo Spanish |
| All speakers | 137,000 (2016) |
| Written in | Latin script, Hebrew alphabet, Cyrillic |
| Grammatical genders | 2 listed in Wikidata |
Vitality
EGIDS 7 Shifting7
Endangered. Children are no longer learning it everywhere, or only grandparents speak it — EGIDS 6b to 8b.
Other languages at this levelUNESCO: Severely endangered
Languages at this levelfamily tree
From Indo-European to Judaeo-Spanish
The branches above Judaeo-Spanish, top to bottom. Each node counts the languages of this index that belong to it.
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where it is spoken
Map and countries
A distribution map from Wikimedia Commons, as linked from Wikidata; borders of language areas are approximate.
Also spoken in Israel
engEnglishIndo-European · 1.13 bn0 · InternationalaraArabicAfroasiatic · 315.4 mSafeapcLevantine ArabicAfroasiatic · 44 mamhAmharicAfroasiatic · 25 m1 · NationalajpSouth Levantine ArabicAfroasiatic · 11.6 m3 · Wider CommunicationhebHebrewAfroasiatic · 9.3 m1 · NationalhyeArmenianIndo-European · 6.7 m1 · NationalyidYiddishIndo-European · 1 mDefinitely endangeredjdtJudeo-TatIndo-European · 106,0006b · ThreatenedjgeJudaeo-GeorgianKartvelian · 85,0006a · Vigorous