Judezmo Greek

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Judezmo Greek, also known as Yevanic, is a historically spoken Jewish dialect of Greek used by the Romaniote Jewish communities of the Eastern Mediterranean.

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Judezmo Greek canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Jewish dialect of Greek
language variety
minority language
associatedWithEthnicGroup Romaniote Jews
associatedWithReligion Judaism
basedOn Greek language
culturalRole marker of Romaniote Jewish identity
currentStatus moribund language
severely endangered language
declineCause Holocaust
assimilation into majority Greek
emigration of Romaniote Jews
distinctFrom Sephardic Jewish languages
endangermentFactor shift to Modern Greek
shift to other diaspora languages
hasAlternativeName Judeo-Greek
Romaniote Greek
Yevanic
hasDomain community life
oral tradition
religious texts
hasFeature Aramaic loanwords
Hebrew loanwords
distinct Jewish religious vocabulary
influence from local Greek dialects
hasWritingSystem Greek script
Hebrew script
historicalStatus historically spoken language
languageBranch Hellenic languages
languageFamily Indo-European languages
notSameAs Judeo-Spanish
Ladino
religiousFunction language of Jewish religious life
language of religious study
language of synagogue sermons
timePeriod Byzantine period
Ottoman period
early modern period
usedBy Romaniote Jewish communities
linked to: Romaniote Jews

Romaniote Jews
usedIn Balkans
Eastern Mediterranean
Greece
Turkey
usedInCommunity Ioannina Romaniote community
Romaniote communities of Constantinople
Romaniote communities of Epirus

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Yevanic hasAlternativeName Judezmo Greek