Zarphatic

Language

Languagelanguage dead language extinct languageQ36994

Also known as Tsarfatit · Zarphatic language · Judeo-French

Speakers: 0
Subclass of: Judaeo-Romance
Script: Hebrew-script-based alphabet
Indigenous to: Ain
, Moselle
, Alsace
+1 more

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Judeo-French, also called Zarphatic or Western Loez, is a variant of Old French spoken in the Middle Ages by the Jews of northern and eastern France. It was also spoken by French Jews who moved to Norman England. The Jewish communities of the early medieval Rhineland, such as Mainz, Worms and Speyer, may also have been French-speaking before shifting to German, although this is disputed. Judeo-French left lexical traces in Yiddish, but its role in the formation of that language is debated.

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Country: France
1
Sources
1.“ScriptSource - France”scriptsource.org/country/FRRetrieved 2023-08-21
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Part of: Oïl

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