Sephardic Jews spoke Arabic, too, but inside the community, their language was Judezmo, a Jewish language based on Spanish, with a written form called Ladino.
Origin
Old Spanish, 'the Jewish manner'.
Definition of Judezmo in US English:
Judezmo
nounjo͞oˈdezmō
another term for Ladino
Example sentencesExamples
Sephardic Jews spoke Arabic, too, but inside the community, their language was Judezmo, a Jewish language based on Spanish, with a written form called Ladino.