Judeo-Italian languages
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"Corfiot Italkian" redirects here. It is not to be confused with Corfiot Italians, the ethnic minority of Italians in Corfu.
Judeo-Italian (or Judaeo-Italian, Judæo-Italian, and other names including Italkian) is an endangered Jewish language, with only about 200 speakers in Italy and 250 total speakers today.[2] The language is one of the Italian languages and one of the Jewish Romance Languages.[3] Some words have Italian prefixes and suffixes added to Hebrew words as well as Aramaic, roots.[4] All of the language's dialects except one are now extinct.[5]
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Judeo-Italian | |
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ג'יודו-איטאליאנו giudeo-italiano | |
Pronunciation | [dʒuˌdɛoitaˈljaːno], [(ʔ)italˈkit] |
Region | Italy Israel |
Ethnicity | Italian Jews |
Native speakers | 200 in Italy, 250 in total (2022)[1] Very few speakers are fluent as of 2007[1] |
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Hebrew alphabet 10th-18th centuries Italian Alphabet 19th century onwards | |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | itk |
Glottolog | jude1255 |
ELP | Judeo-Italian |
Linguasphere | 51-AAB-be & -bf |
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