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The languages I am interested in working on are: Ladino, Judeo-Iraqi and Cajun (Louisiana French)

1. Ladino : (A language of Israel)

ISO 639-3 : lad

Alternate Names : Judeo Spanish, Judeo-Espagnol, Sefardi, Sephardic, Spanyol

Autonym : גﬞודיאו־איספאנייול‎ (Djudeo-espanyol), לאדינו‎ (Ladino)

Population : 125,000 (2016). Total users in all countries: 137,000.

Location : Jerusalem district and scattered.

Language Status : 4 (Educational).

Classification : Indo-European, Italic, Romance, Italo-Western, Western, Gallo-Iberian, Ibero-Romance, West Iberian, Castilian

Dialects : Judezmo (Dzhudezmo, Jidyo, Judyo), Ladino, Haquetiya (Haketia, Haketiya, Hakitia). The Balkan dialect is more influenced by Turkish [tur] and Greek [ell]. The North African dialect is more influenced by Arabic [arb]and French [fra].

Language Use : Not the dominant language for most. Formerly the main language of Sephardic Jewry. Used in literary and music contexts. Also use Hebrew [heb].

Language Development : New Media. Newspapers. Radio. Bible: 1829.

Language Resources : OLAC resources in and about Ladino

Writing : Cyrillic script [Cyrl], used by Sephardic speakers in the Balkans. Hebrew script [Hebr]. Latin script [Latn], used in Turkey.

Other Comments : The name Dzhudezmo is used by Jewish linguists and Turkish Jews, Judeo-Spanish by Romance philologists, Ladino by laymen (especially in Israel), Hakitia by Moroccan Jews, Spanyol by some others. Different from Ladin [lld] in the Rhaeto-Romansch group. Jewish.

Source: https://www.ethnologue.com/language/lad

2. Judeo-Iraqi Arabic : A language of Israel

ISO 639-3  : yhd

Alternate Names : Iraqi Judeo-Arabic, Jewish Iraqi-Baghdadi Arabic, Yahudic

Population : 125,000 (2016). Total users in all countries: 125,120.

Location : Scattered.

Language Status : 7 (Shifting).

Classification : Afro-Asiatic, Semitic, Central, South, Arabic

Dialects: None known. Reportedly not intelligible with Judeo-Tripolitanian Arabic [yud], Judeo-Tunisian Arabic [ajt], or Judeo-Moroccan Arabic [aju]. Reportedly similar to Baghdadi Arabic and North Mesopotamian Arabic [acm]. A member of macrolanguage Judeo-Arabic [jrb].

Language Use : Mainly older adults. Also use Hebrew [heb].

Language Resources : OLAC resources in and about Arabic, Judeo-Iraqi

Writing : Hebrew script [Hebr].

Other Comments : The term Yahudic is used by a few scholars to denote all Judeo-Arabic languages. Jewish.

Source: https://www.ethnologue.com/language/yhd

3. Cajun, French : (A language of United States)

ISO 639-3 : frc

Alternate Names : Acadian, Cadien, Cajan, Cajun, Louisiana French

Population : 21,300 (2015 census), decreasing.

Location : Louisiana: west of the Mississippi to Allen, Avoyelles, Calcasieu, and Evangeline parishes; Texas: small border area west of Sabine river, east of Beaumont.

Language Maps : Southeastern United States of America

Language Status : 7 (Shifting).

Classification : Indo-European, Italic, Romance, Italo-Western, Western, Gallo-Iberian, Gallo-Romance, Gallo-Rhaetian, Oïl, French

Dialects : Marsh French, Prairie French, Big Woods French. Reportedly Cajun speakers can partially understand standard French [fra].

Language Use : Mainly older adults. Also use English [eng]. Used as L2 by Koasati [cku].

Language Development: Literacy rate in L2: 60% in English [eng], 0% in French [fra]. Textbooks in Cajun, translations of some classics. Radio. Dictionary. Grammar.

Language Resources : OLAC resources in and about French, Cajun

Writing : Latin script [Latn].

Other Comments : Ancestors came from French Canada in the 18th century. Christian.

Source: https://www.ethnologue.com/language/frc