"LADINO (JUDEO SPANISH, SEFARDI, DZHUDEZMO, JUDEZMO, HAKITIA, HAKETIA, HAKETIYA, SPANYOL) [SPJ] 100,000 or more in Israel (1985); 8,000 in Turkey (1980 estimate); 160,000 in all countries. Most speakers are over 55 years old (1992). Also in Rochester, Atlanta, New York City, USA. Ethnic group members also in Salonica, Greece; Sofia, Bulgaria; Yugoslavia. Indo-European, Italic, Romance, Italo-Western, Western, Ibero-Romance, North, Central. Distinct from Ladin in the Rhaeto-Romansch group. Formerly the main language of Sefardic Jewry. There was a bi-weekly newspaper in Roman characters. The Hebrew alphabet does not work well because of the need to differentiate vowels, yet there are texts in Hebrew script. There were 2 daily radio programs on a national radio station; news with some cultural notes. There are no monolinguals. It is not the dominant language for most speakers. The name 'Dzhudezmo' is used by Jewish linguists and Turkish Jews; 'Judeo-Spanish' by Romance philologists; 'Ladino' by laymen, especially in Israel; 'Hakitia' by Moroccan Jews; 'Spanyol' by some others. Jewish. Bible 1829. NT 1829. Bible portions 1547-1873."
My bolding - comes from sil.org
Lachaim - salud y pesetas! ........ marcos
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