Zarphatic language
| Zarphatic | |
|---|---|
| Judæo-French | |
| צרפתית Tzarfatit | |
| Native to | France, Germany and England |
| Ethnicity | Ashkenazi Jews |
| Extinct | 14th century |
Indo-European
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Early forms | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | zrp |
zrp.html | |
| Glottolog | zarp1238 |
Zarphatic, also called Judeo-French (Zarphatic: Tzarfatit) or Western Loez, is a language that was spoken by the French Jews of northern France and in parts of west-central Germany, such as Mainz, Frankfurt am Main and Aix-la-Chapelle. It was also spoken by French Jews who moved to Norman England. Some have conjectured that the language influenced the development of Yiddish.