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The LadionLanguage is a CastilianLanguage of Israel. SIL code: SPJ. ISO 639-2: lad. Population: 100,000 or more in Israel (1985). Population total all countries: 160,000 or fewer (1992). Region: Ethnic group members also in Salonica, Greece, Sofia, Bulgaria, Yugoslavia. Formerly also in Morocco. Also spoken in Puerto Rico, Turkey (Europe), USA. Alternate names: JUDEO SPANISH, SEFARDI, DZHUDEZMO, JUDEZMO, SPANYOL, HAQUETIYA. Dialects: JUDEZMO (JUDYO, JIDYO), LADINO, HAQUETIYA (HAKETIA, HAKETIYA, HAKITIA). Comments: The Balkan dialect is more influenced by Turkish and Greek. The North African dialect is more influenced by Arabic and French. There are no monolinguals. It is not the dominant language for most speakers. Formerly the main language of Sefardic Jewry. The name 'Dzhudezmo' is used by Jewish linguists and Turkish Jews, 'Judeo-Spanish' by Romance philologists, 'Ladino' by laymen, especially in Israel, 'Hakitia' by Moroccan Jews, 'Spanyol' by some others. Different from Ladin in the Rhaeto-Romansch group. The Hebrew (Rashi) alphabet does not work well because of the need to differentiate vowels. Yet there are texts in Hebrew script. Newspapers, radio programs. Jewish. Bible 1829. Also spoken in: Turkey (Europe). Language name: LADINO. Population: 8,000 or fewer first language speakers out of 15,000 people in Turkey (1976). Alternate names: DZHUDEZMO, JUDEO SPANISH, SEFARDI, JUDEZMO, HAKITIA, HAKETIA, SPANYOL. Comments: Nearly all are bilingual in Turkish. Chief language of Sefardic Jews. The Donme are a Ladino-speaking group in Turkey, adherents of Shabbetai Zevi (Zvi). Roman. Newspapers. Jewish. Bible 1829.(extract from http://www.ethnologue.com/)
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