Concept information
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
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Yévanique
French
-
Jevanische Sprache
German
URI
http://lexvo.org/id/iso639-3/yej
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