A Greek transliteration of Judeo-Spanish: Notes on a poem from Trikala (1885)

• Autores: Rey Romero
• Localización: Ianua. Revista Philologica Romanica, ISSN-e 1616-413X, Nº. 10, 2010, págs. 93-108
• Idioma: inglés
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  • For most of its lifetime, Judeo-Spanish, the dialect of Sephardic Jewry, was written in Hebrew characters. This study focuses on one of the few instances in which the Greek alphabet was employed to write Judeo-Spanish.

    The text originates in Trikala in 1885. I examine the social and historical implications that led to the implementation of the Greek alphabet to write Judeo-Spanish. I provide an analytical description of the transliteration mechanisms, especially regarding the adaptation of Greek orthography to convey Judeo-Spanish phonology, the application of Classical and Modern Greek orthographic rules, and the problems and issues resulting from such transliteration.