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| Judaeo-Catalan | |
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| Catalanic | |
| קטלאנית יהודית | |
| Region | Catalonia |
| Ethnicity | Catalonian Jews |
| Extinct | (date missing) |
Indo-European
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | None (mis) |
| Glottolog | None |
Judaeo-Catalan (Hebrew:קטלאנית יהודית;Catalan:judeocatalà,IPA:[ʒuˌðewkətəˈla]), also calledCatalanic orQatalanit (Hebrew:קאטאלנית;Catalan:catalànic orqatalanit), was a presumedJewish language spoken by the Jews inNorthern Catalonia and what is today NortheasternSpain, especially inCatalonia,Valencia and theBalearic Islands.
Linguistically, it has been described as sharing many features in common with earlyJudaeo-Provençal. This would be the case of the Jews living in Old Catalonia, stretching between Perpignan and Barcelona, linked with Occitania at least until thebattle of Muret in 1213. Most Jewish texts in this area are written inCatalan with Hebrewcharacters. However, in western and southern Catalonia, Judaeo-Catalan should have been quite distinct from Judaeo-Provençal, mostly as a result of theMoorishconquest of Iberia. The golden age of Judaeo-Catalan is supposed to have been between the early 12th century and 1492, when the Jews were expelled from Spain byAlhambra Decree.
However, the very existence of the Judeo-Catalan is debated. While authors likePaul Wexler defend its existence,[2] it is usually understood that "the evidence of its existence is scarce, although texts are known that mix Catalan and Hebrew, and the subject is rather controversial".[3]
In one of the few investigations on the subject, Feliu and Ferrer (2011) analyzed a set of notarial texts of 1443, and concluded that their analysis "allows us to sign the death certificate of a linguistic ghost – the supposed 'Judeo-Catalan dialect' that never was".[4] Another subsequent study of some songs from the same period suggests the existence of a "linguistic repertoire of the Jews of medieval Catalonia", although it does not prove the existence of adialect proper.[5]
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