Kahn Lily, Rubin Aaron D. (eds.). Handbook of Jewish Languages

Leiden: Brill Academic Publishers, 2015. — 760 p. — (Brill's Handbooks in Linguistics 2). — ISBN 978-90-04-29735-7.This Handbook of Jewish Languages is an introduction to the many languages used by Jews throughout history, including Yiddish, Judezmo (Ladino), and Jewish varieties of Amharic, Arabic, Aramaic, Berber, English, French, Georgian, Greek, Hungarian, Iranian, Italian, Latin American Spanish, Malayalam, Occitan (Provençal), Portuguese, Russian, Swedish, Syriac, Turkic (Karaim and Krymchak), Turkish, and more. Chapters include historical and linguistic descriptions of each language, an overview of primary and secondary literature, and comprehensive bibliographies to aid further research. Many chapters also contain sample texts and images. This book is an unparalleled resource for anyone interested in Jewish languages, and will also be very useful for historical linguists, dialectologists, and scholars and students of minority or endangered languages.Jewish Amharic
Judeo-Arabic
Judeo-Aramai
Jewish Berber
Jewish English
Judeo-French
Jewish Georgian
Judeo-Greek
Jewish Hungarian
Judeo-Iranian Languages
Judeo-Italian
Judezmo (Ladino)
Karaim and Krymchak
Jewish Latin American Spanish
Jewish Malayalam
Judeo-Occitan (Judeo-Provençal)
Judeo-Portuguese
Jewish Russian
Judeo-Slavic
Jewish Swedish
Judeo-Syriac
Judeo-Turkish
Yiddish
Epilogue: Other Jewish Languages, Past and Present