Judeo-Spanish

[ joo-dey-oh-span-ish, -dee- ]

noun

1. Ladino ( def 1 ).

Word History and Origins

Origin of Judeo-Spanish¹

First recorded in 1850–55

Example Sentences

Vanessa Paloma Elbaz, an American scholar of Judeo-Spanish music at Cambridge University, has spent the last 15 years collecting and archiving the voices of aging Jews in Morocco.

From New York Times

By the time his grandchildren were adults, in the years after World War II, none could speak his language, the Judeo-Spanish dialect Ladino.

From New York Times

Why did you speak in Judeo-Spanish — and what is it, exactly?

From New York Times

While the casual observer might detect Islamic influences in its painstaking geometric designs, or Christian overtones to its animal illuminations, the Bible itself is the culmination of centuries of Judeo-Spanish tradition.

From The Guardian

Applicants had to pass tests on Spain's culture and constitution and show competence in Spanish or the Judeo-Spanish variant, Ladino.

From BBC