Sephardi Jews

Sephardi Jews
יהדות ספרד (Yahadut Sfarad)

Total population
2,200,000 up to 16% of world Jewish population
Regions with significant populations
Israel	1.4 million
France	300,000–400,000
United States	200,000–300,000
Argentina	50,000
Spain	40,000
Canada	31,000
Turkey	26,000
Italy	24,930
Mexico	15,000
United Kingdom	8,000
Panama	8,000
Colombia	7,000
Morocco	6,000
Greece	6,000
Tunisia	2,000
Bosnia and Herzegovina	2,000
Bulgaria	2,000
Cuba	1,500
Serbia	1,000
Netherlands	600
Macedonia	200
Languages
Historical: Ladino, Arabic (Andalusian), Haketia, Judeo-Portuguese, Berber, Catalanic, Shuadit, local languages Modern: Local languages, primarily Modern Hebrew, French, English, Turkish, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, Ladino, Arabic.
Religion
Judaism
Related ethnic groups
Ashkenazi Jews, Mizrahi Jews, other Jewish ethnic divisions, Samaritans, other Levantines, Lebanese, Syrians, other Near Eastern Semitic people, Spaniards, Portuguese and Hispanics/Latinos

Sephardi Jews, also known as Sephardic Jews or Sephardim (Hebrew: סְפָרַדִּים, Modern Hebrew: Sfaraddim, also יְהוּדֵי סְפָרַד Y'hudey Spharad, meaning "The Jews of Spain"), are a Jewish ethnic division. They emerged as a distinct community around 1000 AD on the Iberian Peninsula. Jews established communities throughout Spain and Portugal. Then in the late 15th century, when all Jews were expelled from Spain, they migrated and set up new communities in the countries of England, the Netherlands, North Africa, Anatolia, the Levant (Eastern Mediterranean), and the Balkan countries, as well as the Americas, where they kept their traditions and religious practices. For hundreds of years and through the 20th century, Sephardi Jews have continued to speak their Judeo-Spanish language commonly called Ladino, besides the language of their place of residence.