Tetuani

Tetauni (Tetuani) is a dialect of Judaeo-Spanish, a Romance language that was spoken in the city of Oran in Algeria. The probable origin of the name is the city of Tetouan in Morocco, whence some of the Jewish residents of Oran emigrated.

[edit] Classification

Tetuani is a dialect of the Romance language of Judaeo-Spanish. According to the Ethnologue, the classification of Judaeo-Spanish belongs to the Ibero-Romance branch of the Gallo-Iberian branch of the Western branch of the Italo-Western branch of the Romance branch of the Italic branch of the Indo-European language family.

[edit] See also

• Haketia