Hatrack River Forum: Are there any Ladino speakers left in the world?

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Posted by CalvinMaker (Member # 2032) on :

I mean, plenty of people still speak Yiddish, and Hebrew was revived for Israel.

But Ladino...?

And how about Judeo-Arabic?

Posted by Shmuel (Member # 7586) on :

I'm pretty sure Ladino is still in regular use. I don't know about Judeo-Arabic, though.

Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :

Not very many, but some.

As far as Judeo-Arabic, would that be what my Sephardi friends of Egyptian descent speak?

Posted by ketchupqueen (Member # 6877) on :

The rabbi at my high school spoke Ladino. There are Ladino speakers out there, you just have to know where to look. [Smile]

Posted by Ela (Member # 1365) on :

Some members of my family speak Ladino. And some speak Arabic, though I am not sure if it is Judeo-Arabic, per se.

Posted by Raia (Member # 4700) on :

There was a lecture at Rothberg recently given by someone in Judeo-Arabic. And I think a few people actually went. [Razz]

And yeah, I know several people who speak Ladino. More than Judeo-Arabic!

Posted by quidscribis (Member # 5124) on :

[Dont Know]

But I know a lot of people who speak Plaut Deutsch.

Posted by Raia (Member # 4700) on :

That was so relevant. [Razz]

Posted by quidscribis (Member # 5124) on :

[Dont Know]

It's a language. It's sorta almost relevant. Isn't it? [Dont Know]

Posted by Raia (Member # 4700) on :

[Kiss]

Posted by Annie (Member # 295) on :

Yeah? Well, I met a lady who is one of twelve surviving native speakers of Hanmolshalchamqan. So there.

I think maybe I already had this obscure language pissing match.

Posted by ketchupqueen (Member # 6877) on :

In the Dragostea Din Tei thread. [Big Grin]