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Judaeo-Spanish (also spelled Judeo-Spanish or Judæo-Spanish ) is a Romance language derived from Old Spanish. It is embedded with Hebrew, Aramaic, Arabic, Turkish and Balkan components.

It originated from Medieval Spain with the expulsion of Jews from Spain in 1492. The newly established communities in the Ottoman Empire and Morocco continued to use the language in both oral and wirtten forms. The language is called by many names including "Ladino". However, originally Ladino meant a form of Judaeo-Spanish used in the translation of the Bible and other sacred Jewish texts since the 16th century.

Today, it is spoken in Israel, Turkey and Greece and other countries. Some sources consider it to be a dialect of Spanish.

Speakers include Fabiola Kramsky, wife of George Gascón and Kat Parra, Flory Jagoda, Raphael Yair Elnaday and Yasmin Levy singers in Ladino.

Songs include "En la Mar", "Adio Querida", "El Rey de Francia", "Noches noches", "Dos amantes", "Fel Shara", "Los Bilbilicos", "Scalerica de Oro", "Tres Hermanicas Eran" etc.

Approximately %60 of the vocabulary of Judaeo-Spanish is basically Castilian.