Judeo-Italian dialects

Judeo-Italian
ג'יודו-איטאליאנו giudeo-italiano
Pronunciation[dʒuˌdɛoitaˈljaːno], [(ʔ)italˈkit]
RegionItaly
Israel
EthnicityItalian Jews
Native speakers
200 in Italy, 250 in total (2022)
Very few speakers are fluent as of 2007
Dialects
  • Northern Judeo-Italian†
  • Tuscan Judeo-Italian†
  • Central Judeo-Italian
Hebrew alphabet 10th-18th centuries Italian Alphabet 19th century onwards
Language codes
ISO 639-3itk
Glottologjude1255
ELPJudeo-Italian
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Judeo-Italian (or Judaeo-Italian, Judæo-Italian, and other names including Italkian) is a group of endangered and extinct Jewish dialects, with only about 200 speakers in Italy and 250 total speakers today. The dialects are one of the Italian languages and are a subgrouping of the Judeo-Romance Languages. Some words have Italian prefixes and suffixes added to Hebrew words as well as Aramaic roots. All of the dialects except Judeo-Roman are now extinct.