Beginner's Ladino
Publisher: Hippocrene Books
Published: December 30, 2007
Language: spa; eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 144
ISBN-13: 9780781812252
Subjects: Language learning: audio-visual & multimedia; Language self-study & phrasebooks; Foreign Language Study; Foreign Language - Dictionaries / Phrase Books; Romance, Italic & Rhaeto-Romanic languages; Spanish: Adult Nonfiction; Spanish
Description: Ladino, also known as Judeo-Spanish, is the language of the Sephardic Jews. During the middle ages, the Jews who lived in the Iberian Peninsula spoke and wrote in the Romance languages of the host culture. They developed a unified dialect that was distinct from Castilian Spanish. After the expulsion of the Jews in 1492, this language became part of the 'Iberian Heritage' of the Sephardim throughout the world. Today, although the language is in danger of extinction, it is experiencing a revival.