Judæo-Catalan

Judæo-Catalan
Catalanic
קטלאנית יהודית
Region	Catalonia
Extinct	(date missing)
Language family	Indo-European Italic Romance Western Catalan Judæo-Catalan
Language codes
ISO 639-3	None (mis)
Glottolog	None

Judæo-Catalan (Hebrew: קטלאנית יהודית‎; Catalan: judeocatalà, IPA: [ʒuˌðewkətəˈɫa]), also called Catalanic or Qatalanit (Hebrew: קאטאלנית‎; Catalan: catalànic or qatalanit), was a Jewish language spoken by the Jewish communities in northeastern Spain, especially in Catalonia, Valencia, and the Balearic Islands.

Linguistically, it shared many features in common with early Judæo-Provençal, although historically, ethnically, and politically, the Judæo-Catalan-speaking community was long distinct from the Judæo-Provençal-speaking community, mostly as a result of the Moorish occupation of Iberia. The golden age of Judæo-Catalan was in the period between the early 12th century and 1491, when the Jews were expelled from Catalonia and Valencia (see Alhambra decree).

See also

• Jewish languages
• Judæo-Romance languages
• Judæo-Provençal

References

• http://www.mishkan.com/jewish.lang.european.html
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