Devin Naar’s life work is trying to save a dying language called Ladino. It is the language of the Sephardic Jews, who were cast out of Spain in the 15th century. The language acts as a map for the migratory pattern of Sephardic Jews. They moved from Spain and settled in the Ottoman Empire. The language is mostly made up of 15th and 16th century Spanish, but it also borrows from Arabic, Turkish, Greek and Hebrew.
Featured image: Clipping of Şalom newspaper, a Ladino newspaper in Istanbul.
Thank you so much for trying to save my ancestors language. I am currently trying to figure out how to speak Ladino. Shalom
Como lo puedo aprender? How can I learn it?
For more information about Dr. Devin E. Naar, chair of the Sephardic Studies Program at the Stroum Center for Jewish Studies please visit our website: http://jewishstudies.washington.edu/sephardic-studies/
Fabulous.. please send more information to erensyasefardi@yahoo.es
Thanks for the information on Ladino. I am a latino who resides in San Diego,Ca. I can understand almost all of the Ladino words that I have listened to on the internet, from interviews by Esther Levy from Jerusalem to words spoken on this website. It seems that there is a connection to Judaism of many Latinos who are attracted to Judaism and its theology.