User:Apinto2/Language selection
I am interested in working with someone who is good with computers.
The languages I am interested in working on are: Ladino, Judeo-Iraqi and Cajun (Louisiana French)
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.
