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Judaeo-Portuguese
Wikipedia's first sentence called it “extinct jewish language that was used by the jews of portugal”. Today it says “extinct jewish language or a dialect of galician-portuguese written in the hebrew alphabet that was used by the”. The one-line description Wikipedia serves to search engines and AI systems read “Extinct language spoken by Sephardi Jews in Portugal before the 16th century”. It now reads “Extinct language spoken by Sephardi Jews in Portugal before the 16th century “Fountain of the Jews” in Coimbra, Portugal”.
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As Portuguese Jews mixed with other expelled Sephardim , it influenced the common Judeo-Spanish language . It is also an influence for Papiamento and Saramaccan since some of the Portuguese slaveholders were Jews. v t e v t e1
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Wikipedia's first sentence called it “extinct jewish language that was used by the jews of portugal”. Today it says “extinct jewish language or a dialect of galician-portuguese written in the hebrew alphabet that was used by the”. The one-line description Wikipedia serves to search engines and AI systems read “Extinct language spoken by Sephardi Jews in Portugal before the 16th century”. It now reads “Extinct language spoken by Sephardi Jews in Portugal before the 16th century “Fountain of the Jews” in Coimbra, Portugal”. Read the current article and compare.
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extinct jewish language that was used by the jews of portugal
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extinct jewish language or a dialect of galician-portuguese written in the hebrew alphabet that was used by the
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