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Preferred term

yejYevanic  

Type

  • Language

Definition

  • Yevanic, otherwise known as Judeo-Greek, was the dialect of the Romaniotes, the group of Greek Jews whose existence in Greece is documented since the Hellenistic period. Its linguistic lineage stems from the Hellenistic Koine and includes Hebrew elements as well. It was mutually intelligible with Greek of the Christian population. The Romaniotes used Hebrew alphabet to write Greek and Yevanic texts.

Entry terms

  • Yevanic language

ISO 639-3 code

  • yej

Notation

  • yej

In other languages

  • Yévanique

    French

  • Jevanische Sprache

    German

URI

http://lexvo.org/id/iso639-3/yej

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