This week’s Jewish terminology word is: Judeo-Spanish

This episode is also available as a blog post: https://mariespeaksgodsgrace.live/2022/12/11/this-weeks-jewish-terminology-word-is-judeo-spanish/ Today we are going to go over our Jewish terminology for the week. This weeks word is: Judeo-Spanish This is an English word. My person JPS dictionary defines Judea-Spanish as .. The romance language spoken by Sephardic Jews, especially in Turkey, the Balkans, and North Africa. Also called Judezmo. When Spanish Jews were expelled from Spain in 1492, they settled in new countries around the Mediterranean; their 15 century Castilian Spanish fused with Turkish, Arabic, Greek, and Hebrew words to create Judeo-Spanish, which is considered the Sephardic counterpart to Yiddish. The term "Ladino" is commonly used in place of Judeo-Spanish, although Ladino is actually the written liturgical language of the Sephardim. I find Judeo- Spanish easier to understand and learn. This is probably because I grew up loosely "speaking" Spanish, but always hearing Spanish. And by Spanish I mean El Paso Tex-mex Mexican/Spanish slang... and you have to go there to know what I am talking about. El Paso Spanish in my opinion is a mix between Ladino, Spanglish, Texmex, and Spanish/Mexico slang all in one.