Tetuani Ladino
Appearance
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Tetuani | |
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Region | now mostly Israel |
Native speakers | a few thousand[citation needed] |
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.