Dialects: Many dialects. Much intelligibility with Tunisian Judeo-Arabic ,, some with Judeo-Tripolitanian Arabic ,, none with Judeo-Iraqi Arabic ,. May be inherently intelligible with Moroccan Arabic ,. A member of macrolanguage Judeo-Arabic ,.
Genealogy:
Demographics: 250,000 in Israel (1992 H. Mutzafi). Population total all countries: 258,930.
Language Use: Also use Hebrew [heb].
Language Development: Radio programs.
Writing System: Hebrew
Nation of Origin: Israel
Other Comments: Many borrowings from Spanish ,, Ladino , and French ,. Jewish.