Tetuani Ladino

Tetuani
Region now mostly Israel
Native speakers
a few thousand (date missing)
Language codes
ISO 639-3
Glottolog None

Tetuani (or Tetouani; Arabic: تطوانى) is a dialect of Judaeo-Spanish, a Jewish Romance language historically spoken by the North African Sephardim in the Algerian city of Oran.[1] The probable origin of the name is the city of Tetouan in Morocco, whence some of the Jewish residents came.

Classification

Tetuani is a dialect of Judaeo-Spanish.

See also

References

  1. Oran. The Jewish Virtual Library
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