Judeo-French

Facts

  • Language: Judeo-French
  • Alternate names: Zarphatic
  • Language code: zrp
  • Language family: Bookkeeping
  • Number of speakers: Extinct
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    Introduction

    Judeo-French was the language used by the Jews who lived during the Middle Ages in a territory corresponding with the northern regions of modern France. It was also spoken in parts of what is now west-central Germany, in such cities as Mainz, Frankfurt am Main, and Aachen.

    Judeo-French is a variant of the langue d'oïl version of Old French and it is recorded in a rich collection of short texts, mainly glosses to Hebrew commentaries on the Bible and the Talmud that were written in Hebrew script. Judeo-French has been extinct since the Middle Ages.