Romaniote Jews Topics

	Romaniote Jews Topics Romaniote may refer to: Romaniote Jews Yevanic language Yevanic, also known as Judaeo-Greek, Romaniyot, Romaniote, and Yevanitika, is a Greek dialect formerly used by the Romaniotes and by the Constantinopolitan Karaites (in whose case the language is called Karaitika or Karaeo-Greek). The Romaniot ..., the language of the Romaniote Jews {{disambiguation Language and nationality disambiguation pages ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Romaniote Jews The Romaniote Jews or the Romaniotes (, ''Rhōmaniôtes''; ) are a Greek language, Greek-speaking Jewish ethnic divisions, ethnic Jewish community. They are one of the oldest Jewish communities in existence and the oldest Jewish community in Europe. The Romaniotes have been, and even remain historically distinct from the Sephardim that have settled in Ottoman Greece after the expulsion of Jews from Spain and Persecution of Jews and Muslims by Manuel I of Portugal, Portugal after 1492. Their distinct language was Yevanic language, Yevanic, a Greek dialect that contained Hebrew language, Hebrew along with some Aramaic and Turkish language, Turkish words, but today's Romaniotes speak Modern Greek or the languages of their new home countries. ethnonym, Their name is derived from the endonym ''Rhōmanía'' (), which refers to the Byzantine Empire, Eastern Roman Empire ("Empire of the Romans", ). Large Romaniote communities were located in Thessaloniki, Ioannina, Arta, Greece, Arta, P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Yevanic Language Yevanic, also known as Judaeo-Greek, Romaniyot, Romaniote, and Yevanitika, is a Greek dialect formerly used by the Romaniotes and by the Constantinopolitan Karaites (in whose case the language is called Karaitika or Karaeo-Greek). The Romaniotes are a group of Greek Jews whose presence in the Levant The Levant ( ) is the subregion that borders the Eastern Mediterranean sea to the west, and forms the core of West Asia and the political term, ''Middle East''. In its narrowest sense, which is in use today in archaeology and other cultura ... is documented since the Byzantine period. Its linguistics, linguistic lineage stems from the Jewish Koine Greek, Jewish Koine spoken primarily by Hellenistic Jews throughout the region, and includes Hebrew language, Hebrew and Aramaic language, Aramaic elements. It was mutually intelligible with the Greek dialects of the Christian population. The Romaniotes used the Hebrew alphabet to write Greek and Yevanic texts. Judaeo-Greek has h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]