Haketia

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Haketia is a Judeo-Spanish dialect historically spoken by Sephardic Jews in northern Morocco and parts of Gibraltar, characterized by strong influences from Moroccan Arabic and Hebrew.

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Haketia canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Jewish language
Judeo-Spanish dialect
endangered language
associatedWithReligion Judaism
closelyRelatedTo Ladino
declineCause language shift to French
language shift to Hebrew in Israel
language shift to Modern Spanish
differsFrom Ladino in strong Arabic influence
hasAlternativeName Hakitia
Haquetía
Judeo-Moroccan Spanish
Judeo-Spanish of North Africa
hasAncestor Medieval Castilian
linked to: Old Spanish

Old Spanish
hasCulturalRegion Maghreb
linked to: North Africa

Sephardic diaspora
hasLanguageFamily Indo-European languages
Romance languages
hasLexicalInfluenceFrom Hebrew
Moroccan Arabic
linked to: Maghrebi Arabic

Portuguese
linked to: Portuguese language

Spanish
hasNotableFeature code-switching with Spanish and Arabic
distinctive humorous idioms
heavy borrowing of Arabic vocabulary
use of Hebrew religious terms in everyday speech
hasPrimaryWordOrder SVO
historicallySpokenBy Sephardic Jews
linked to: Sephardi Jews
influencedBy Berber languages
Hebrew
Modern Spanish
Moroccan Arabic
linked to: Maghrebi Arabic

Portuguese
linked to: Portuguese language
spokenIn Ceuta
Gibraltar
Larache
Melilla
Tangier
Tétouan
northern Morocco
status severely endangered
subclassOf Ibero-Romance language
Judeo-Romance language
Romance language
usedIn domestic life
jokes and humor
oral storytelling
proverbs
songs
usesScript Hebrew alphabet
Latin alphabet

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