Judeo-Venetian also known as Giudeo-Veneziano was a

dialect A dialect is a Variety (linguistics), variety of language spoken by a particular group of people. This may include dominant and standard language, standardized varieties as well as Vernacular language, vernacular, unwritten, or non-standardize ...

of the Venetian language spoken by the Jewish community of Venice.

History

Judeo-Venetian was formed as Jews in Venice began speaking their own dialect of Venetian due to isolation from the general populace in the

Venetian ghetto The Venetian Ghetto was the area of Venice in which Jews were forced to live by the government of the Venetian Republic. The English word ''ghetto'' is derived from the Jewish ghetto in Venice. The Venetian Ghetto was instituted on 29 March 1516 ...

and influence from

Hebrew Hebrew (; ''ʿÎbrit'') is a Northwest Semitic languages, Northwest Semitic language within the Afroasiatic languages, Afroasiatic language family. A regional dialect of the Canaanite languages, it was natively spoken by the Israelites and ...

. The language would go extinct at some point in the 20th century.

Features

It was relatively similar to Venetian but did contains some minor differences in

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. The 1st person plural possessive pronoun is ''mie'' instead of ''me,''

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and 3rd person singular ending match. There however a larger difference in lexicon with Judeo-Venetian preserving archaisms, and introducing loanwords from

Judeo-Spanish Judaeo-Spanish or Judeo-Spanish (autonym , Hebrew script: ), also known as Ladino or Judezmo or Spaniolit, is a Romance language derived from Castilian Old Spanish. Originally spoken in Spain, and then after the Edict of Expulsion spreading ...

and

Sample text

{, class="wikitable" !Judeo-Venetian !English , - , {{lang, vec-IT, Gò magnà i menusami de oca, boni, ma i me zè restai sul stomego , I have eaten goose giblets, tasty, but they remained on my stomach

Sources

Extinct Romance languages Romance languages Jews and Judaism in Venice Venetian language Languages of Veneto Judeo-Romance languages Jewish languages Judaeo-Italian languages Extinct languages of Italy Extinct languages of Europe