Judæo-Spanish
Judæo-Spanish is the obsolete spelling of Judaeo-Spanish.
Meaning of Judaeo-Spanish
Proper noun
Judaeo-Spanish
- A Romance language, based on Old Spanish, and spoken almost exclusively by Sephardic Jews in Greece and Turkey.
- Although like most American-born children of immigrants they had failed to develop a fluent use of the mother tongue, both had heard Judaeo-Spanish all their lives and had entirely native habits of pronouncing it.1950, Agard, Frederick B., "Present-Day Judaeo-Spanish in the United States," in Hispania, Vol. 33, American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese, page 204
- Synonyms:
- Djudezmo, Djudeo-Espanyol, Djudeo-Kasteyano, Ladino
Origin of Judæo-Spanish
From Judæo- + Spanish.
Questions about Judæo-Spanish
- What is Judæo-Spanish the obsolete spelling of?
- Judæo-Spanish is the obsolete spelling of Judaeo-Spanish.
Words near Judæo-Spanish in the dictionary
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