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Encyclopedia > Tetuani
Tetauni
Spoken in: formerly Oran, Algeria, now mostly Israel
Total speakers: a few thousand
Genetic classification: Indo-European
 Italic
  Romance
   Italo-Western
    Western
     Gallo-Iberian
      Ibero-Romance
       Judaeo-Spanish
        Tetauni
Language codes
ISO 639-1: none
ISO 639-2: lad
ISO/DIS 639-3: lad — Ladino 

Tetauni (Tetuani) is a dialect of Judaeo-Spanish, a Romance language that was spoken in the city of Oran in Algeria. The name Tetauni is derived from the city of Tetouan in Morocco, whence some of the Jewish residents of Oran came. Oran (population 700,000) (Arabic: ولاية وهران ) is a city in northwest Algeria, situated on the Mediterranean Sea coast. ... Current distribution of Human Language Families Most languages are known to belong to language families. ... The Indo-European languages are a group of several hundred languages and dialects (specifically 443 according to the SIL estimate), including most of the major language families of Europe, as well as many languages of Asia, which belong to a single superfamily. ... The Italic subfamily is a member of the Centum branch of the Indo-European language family. ... The Romance languages, also called Romanic languages or New Latin languages, are a subset of the Italic languages, specifically the descendants of the Latin dialects spoken by the common people in what is known as Latin Europe (Italian/Portuguese/Spanish Europa latina, Catalan Europa llatina, French Europe latine, Romanian Europa... Italo-Western is the largest sub-group of Romance languages. ... The formation of Iberian Romance languages followed more or less this process: A common Latin/Romance language with dialectal differences was spoken throughout the ancient Roman Empire. ... This article deals with the Judaeo-Spanish language. ... ISO 639-1 is the first part of the ISO 639 international-standard language-code family. ... ISO 639-2:1998 Codes for the representation of names of languages — Part 2: Alpha-3 code Twenty-two of the languages have two three-letter codes: a code for bibliographic use (ISO 639-2/B) a code for terminological use (ISO 639-2/T). ... ISO 639-3 is in process of development as an international standard for language codes. ... Ladino is a Romance language, derived mainly from Old Castilian (Spanish) and Hebrew. ... The International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) is a system of phonetic notation devised by linguists to accurately and uniquely represent each of the wide variety of sounds (phones or phonemes) used in spoken human language. ... Phonetics (from the Greek word φωνή, phone = sound/voice) is the study of sounds (voice). ... Technical note: Due to technical limitations, some web browsers may not display some special characters in this article. ... Ladino is a Romance language, derived mainly from Old Castilian (Spanish) and Hebrew. ... The Romance languages, also called Romanic languages or New Latin languages, are a subset of the Italic languages, specifically the descendants of the Latin dialects spoken by the common people in what is known as Latin Europe (Italian/Portuguese/Spanish Europa latina, Catalan Europa llatina, French Europe latine, Romanian Europa... Oran (population 700,000) (Arabic: ولاية وهران ) is a city in northwest Algeria, situated on the Mediterranean Sea coast. ... Tétouan (Arabic: Titwan or Tittawen) is the capital and cultural centre of the region Tanga (Tangiers) in the north of Morocco. ... Jews (Hebrew: יהודים translit. ... Oran (population 700,000) (Arabic: ولاية وهران ) is a city in northwest Algeria, situated on the Mediterranean Sea coast. ...


Classification

Tetauni is a dialect of the Romance language of Judaeo-Spanish. According to the Ethnologue, the classification of Judaeo-Spanish belongs to the Ibero-Romance branch of the Gallo-Iberian branch of the Western branch of the Italo-Western branch of the Romance branch of the Italic branch of the Indo-European language family. The Romance languages, also called Romanic languages or New Latin languages, are a subset of the Italic languages, specifically the descendants of the Latin dialects spoken by the common people in what is known as Latin Europe (Italian/Portuguese/Spanish Europa latina, Catalan Europa llatina, French Europe latine, Romanian Europa... Ladino is a Romance language, derived mainly from Old Castilian (Spanish) and Hebrew. ... Ethnologue: Languages of the World is a web and print publication of SIL International (formerly known as the Summer Institute of Linguistics), a Christian linguistic service organization which studies lesser-known languages primarily to provide the speakers with native language biblical texts. ... The formation of Iberian Romance languages followed more or less this process: A common Latin/Romance language with dialectal differences was spoken throughout the ancient Roman Empire. ... Italo-Western is the largest sub-group of Romance languages. ... The Romance languages, also called Romanic languages or New Latin languages, are a subset of the Italic languages, specifically the descendants of the Latin dialects spoken by the common people in what is known as Latin Europe (Italian/Portuguese/Spanish Europa latina, Catalan Europa llatina, French Europe latine, Romanian Europa... The Italic subfamily is a member of the Centum branch of the Indo-European language family. ... Proto-Indo-European Indo-European studies Indo-European is originally a linguistic term, referring to the Indo-European language family. ... Current distribution of Human Language Families Most languages are known to belong to language families. ...

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