Yevanic

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A language of Israel

ISO 639-3
yej
Alternate Names
Judeo-Greek, Yevanitika
User Population

35.

Location

Jerusalem district.

Language Status

8b (Nearly extinct).

Classification
Indo-European, Greek, Attic
Language Use

A few semispeakers in 1987 and may be none now. Shifted to Hebrew [heb].

Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Yevanic
Other Comments

Possibly also a handful of older adults in Turkey. Jewish.