No Tongues Left To Chant: Ladino

Manchester City of Literature project

Ladino is a Judeo-Spanish language spoken by an estimated 60,000 speakers. Ladino is recognised as having critically endangered language status.

Ketubah of Miriam bat Moses ben Isaac and Menahem ben Moses Ruso; dated Silistra, Friday 6 Kisleṿ 5582. Image courtesy of The University of Manchester Library, John Rylands Research Institute and Library, Manchester Digital Collections (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0).

An excerpt from the autobiography of Reyna Cohen in Ladino script. Image courtesy of The University of Manchester Library, John Rylands Research Institute and Library, Manchester Digital Collections (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0).

The Rylands Leipnik Haggadah is a Passover Haggadah copied and partially decorated by Joseph ben David of Leipnik (Moravia, Czech Republic) in Altona near Hamburg in the first half of the 18th century. Includes Hebrew, Yiddish and Ladino. Image courtesy of The University of Manchester Library, John Rylands Research Institute and Library, Manchester Digital Collections (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0).

These beautiful examples are shared with thanks to the John Rylands Research Institute and Library at University of Manchester for access to their archive. You can view more examples of the Ladino language in the John Rylands Hebrew Digital Collections via the link below.

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No Tongues Left To Chant: Ladino

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