1/20/18
Judeo-Spanish Language Preservation Judeo-Spanish, also known as Ladino, is a language belonging to the Romance branch of the Indo-European language family. According to an article written by the University of Bamberg, it was originally spoken by Jews in Spain, but proceeded to flourish in regions of the Ottoman Empire after these Jews were thrown out and forced to migrate. This language is derived from medieval Castilian Spanish. Today, it is mainly spoken by Sephardic Jew communities in Israel and there are approximately 112,000 speakers worldwide. Unfortunately, Judeo-Spanish has been classified as an endangered language due to the significant decline in speakers. In an article written by Esther Zarghooni-Hoffmann, it