Ladino is used by a very small number of Sephardic Jews in Israel, Thessaloniki Greece, Istanbul Turkey, and a few other cities.
It is derived mainly from Old Castilian & Hebrew and is written with both the Latin & Hebrew alphabets:
Language information at Wikipedia
Writing system information at Omniglot
Alternate names for Ladino include Judeo Spanish, Judæo Spanish, Sefardi, Dzhudezmo, Judezmo, Spanyol, Haquetiya, and Hakitia
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