Handbook of Jewish languages / / edited by Lily Kahn, Aaron D. Rubin ; introduction, Aaron D. Rubin and Lily Kahn.

• Superior document: Brill's Handbooks in Linguistics,
• TeilnehmendeR: Kahn, Lily,; Rubin, Aaron D., 1976-
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden, Netherlands ;, Boston, [Massachusetts] : : Brill,, 2016.; ©2016
• Year of Publication: 2016
• Language: English
• Series: Brill's handbooks in linguistics.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (780 p.)
• Notes: Description based upon print version of record.
• Other title: Front Matter /; Introduction /; Jewish Amharic /; Judeo-Arabic /; Judeo-Aramaic /; Jewish Berber /; Jewish English /; Judeo-French /; Jewish Georgian /; Judeo-Greek /; Jewish Hungarian /; Judeo-Iranian Languages /; Judeo-Italian /; Judezmo (Ladino) /; Karaim and Krymchak /; Jewish Latin American Spanish /; Jewish Malayalam /; Judeo-Occitan (Judeo-Provençal) /; Judeo-Portuguese /; Jewish Russian /; Judeo-Slavic /; Jewish Swedish /; Judeo-Syriac /; Judeo-Turkish /; Yiddish /; Other Jewish Languages, Past and Present /; Index /
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.
• ISBN: 9004297359
• ISSN: 1879-629X
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: edited by Lily Kahn, Aaron D. Rubin ; introduction, Aaron D. Rubin and Lily Kahn.

This Handbook of Jewish Languages is an introduction to the many languages used by Jews throughout history, including Yiddish, Judezmo (Ladino) , and Jewish varieties of Amharic, Arabic, Aramaic, Berber, English, French, Georgian, Greek, Hungarian, Iranian, Italian, Latin American Spanish, Malayalam, Occitan (Provençal), Portuguese, Russian, Swedish, Syriac, Turkic (Karaim and Krymchak), Turkish, and more. Chapters include historical and linguistic descriptions of each language, an overview of primary and secondary literature, and comprehensive bibliographies to aid further research. Many chapters also contain sample texts and images. This book is an unparalleled resource for anyone interested in Jewish languages, and will also be very useful for historical linguists, dialectologists, and scholars and students of minority or endangered languages. This book is also available as paperback version .