Judeo-Venetian, also known as Giudeo-Veneziano, was a dialect of the Venetian language spoken by the Jewish community of Venice.
History Judeo-Venetian was formed as Jews in Venice began speaking their own Venetian dialect due to isolation from the general populace in the Venetian ghetto and influence from Hebrew. The language became extinct at some point in the 20th century.
Features Judeo Venetian was relatively similar to wider Venetian but did contain minor morphology differences. The 1st-person plural possessive pronoun is mie, not me. The 2nd- and 3rd-person singular endings match.
There was, however, a more significant difference in lexicon. Judeo-Venetian preserved archaisms and included Hebrew and Ladino loanwords. Judeo VenetianJudeo-SpanishHebrewEnglishZè meio lassarlo perder, nunca per lùnunca per lù!’; No staghe badar, el zé un camèaN/ADon’t bother, he is a big liarcól ʿorèr leminò N/Aכל ערב למינוevery raven after his kindAdonài sefatài tiftàhN/Aאדני שפתי תפתחOh my goodness/he/she has cracked all the eggs
Sample text Judeo-VenetianEnglishI have eaten goose giblets, tasty, but they remained on my stomach
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