| Judeo-Syrian Arabic | |
|---|---|
| Region | AmericaSyriaIsrael |
| Ethnicity | Syrian Jews |
Afro-Asiatic
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | – |
Judeo-Syrian Arabic, also calledSyrian Judeo-Arabic, is a dialect of theJudeo-Arabic dialects based onSyrian Arabic. It was traditionally written in the Hebrew script.
After theexodus of Jews from Syria, Judeo-Syrian Arabic largely died out in favor of English, Spanish, and Hebrew among the Syrian Jewish diaspora. There was a Judeo-Syrian Arabic speaking community inİskenderun until 1998 but it no longer exists.[1]
Judeo-Syrian Arabic containedLadino andHebrew loanwords.[1][2]
There are YouTube videos and samples of Judeo-Syrian Arabic available online. The Syrian Jewish community inNew York City has maintained a strong Judeo-Syrian Arabic musical tradition.[3]
| Judeo-Syrian Arabic[2] | Transliteration[2] | English[2] |
|---|---|---|
| מתלו האדא כבז אלמסאכין אלדי אכלו אבהתנא בארד מצר. כל מינו ג׳ועאן יג׳י ויאכול | Mitlu hadha khibz elmasakin iladhi akalu abhatana be-ard maṣr. Kil minu ju'an yiji wayakol | This is the bread of affliction that our ancestors ate in the land of Egypt. All those who are hungry, let them enter and eat. |