Langenesis

Indo-European family

Ladino

1492 CE – today Living

Ladino (1492 CE – today) is a living Indo-European language. Lineage: Proto-Indo-European → Proto-Italic → … → Vulgar Latin → Old Spanish → Ladino.

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Speakers
60K (60,000)
ISO 639-3
lad
Glottocode
ladi1251

Judaeo-Spanish, spoken by Sephardic Jews after the 1492 expulsion from Spain; retains many Old Spanish features. Severely endangered; speaker estimates vary widely.

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4,500 BCE – 2,500 BCE
  2. Proto-Italicc. 1,500 BCE – 700 BCE
  3. Proto-Latino-Faliscanc. 1,000 BCE – 700 BCE
  4. Old Latinc. 700 BCE – 100 BCE
  5. Latin100 BCE – 300 CE
  6. Vulgar Latin300 CE – 800 CE
  7. Old Spanish800 CE – 1500 CE
  8. Ladino1492 CE – today

Sister languages 1

Also descended from Old Spanish.

Sources