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Ladino: see Sephardim Sephardim (səfär`dəm) ..... Click the link for more information. . ladinoCentral American whose primary language is Spanish and who wears modern dress. Genetically ladinos may be of Indian, African, or mixed descent. An Indian may become a ladino by abandoning the Indian dress and customs. Many rural ladinos practice subsistence agriculture much like that of their Indian neighbours, but they tend to emphasize cash crops and modern farming techniques, which the Indians shun. In small towns ladinos commonly engage in commerce as well as farming. In the cities they engage in all occupations, from day labourer to university professor. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| ``Jews have spoken many languages -- Yiddish, there's a Jewish Farsi, the Ladino of the Sephardic. s treatment of language diversity is different: several of the writers included in Jewish American Literature: A Norton Anthology spoke and wrote in languages other than English, namely Hebrew, Ladino, and especially Yiddish. This month Delwaide premieres a new work as part of the Ladino Project at the Traveling Jewish Theater in San Francisco, and will appear at the Julia Morgan Center in Berkeley in May and at ODC/San Francisco in October. |
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