Ladino language

Judaeo-Spanish / Latino
Ladino
גֿודֿיאו-איספאנייול Djudeo-Espagnol גֿידֿייו Djidio גֿודֿזמו Djudesmo איספאנייול Espagnol איספאנייוליקו Espagnolico חאקיטיאה Jaquetía לאדינו Ladino
Pronunciation	[dʒuˈðeo espaˈɲol]
Native to	Israel  Palestinian Authority  Turkey  USA  France  Greece  Brazil  UK  Lebanon and others
Ethnicity	Sephardim
Native speakers	Between 70,000 and 200,000.[1] Most recent estimates around 95,000. 72,000 in Israel, 7,000 in Turkey, 3,500 in the USA, 2,500 in France, around 1,000 each in Greece, Brazil and the UK. (2013)
Language family	Indo-European Italic Romance Western Ibero-Romance West Iberian Castilian Judaeo-Spanish / Latino
Dialects	Haketia Variant - Morocco, Canada Levantine Variant - main variant, two branches Occidental branch - originally spoken in Albania, Romania, Western Bulgaria, Western Greece and Yugoslavia Oriental branch - originally spoken in Eastern Bulgaria, Eastern Greece, the Middle East, North Africa (except for Morocco) and Turkey.[1] Ponentine Variant - extinct
Writing system	Mainly Latin script Original script Rashi and Solitreo Other scripts; Persian, Cyrillic, Greek and Hebrew.
Official status
Regulated by	Autoridad Nasionala del Ladino in Israel (using Latin letters)
Language codes
ISO 639-2	lad
ISO 639-3	lad
ELP	Ladino
Linguasphere	51-AAB-ba ... 51-AAB-bd
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Ladino (also called Judeo-Spanish) is a Judahite Romance language that is very close to the Spanish language. It has many old Spanish words and Hebrew words.

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} "Judeo-Spanish Language - General Overview". Archived from the original on 20 September 2008. Retrieved 6 January 2013.