A New Perspective on the Linguistic Profile of the Curaçaoan Sephardim, 1650–1750
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 17823889 |
|---|---|
| Authors | B Jacobs (0000-0001-7736-8266, Netherlands Graduate School of Linguistics, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2016 |
| Volume | 4 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 141-165 |
| Publication date | 2016-06-03 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Jewish Languages (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2213-4387 • E-ISSN: 2213-4638 |
| Publisher | Brill (PUBLISHER • NL) |
| DOI | 10.1163/22134638-12340069 |
| OpenAlex | W2464134486 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 23 |
This article looks at the language(s) spoken in the homes of the Sephardic Jews of Curaçao in the period between ca. 1650 and 1750, i.e., the period preceding the diffusion of Papiamentu as the native language of the Curaçaoan society at large, including the Sephardim. While the linguistic profile of the Curaçaoan Sephardim in that period is an important issue in itself, it gains further relevance in the context of the disputed origins of Papiamentu, a creole language with a mixed Spanish-Portuguese lexicon. The Portuguese elements in Papiamentu are often assumed to be a linguistic contribution of the Curaçaoan Sephardim. That assumption, in turn, is based on the widespread consensus that the first generations of Curaçaoan Sephardim spoke mainly Portuguese. This article takes issue with that consensus and argues that their vernacular was in fact chiefly Spanish. This implies that the Portuguese elements in Papiamentu must have a non-Sephardic origin
Archaeology · Art · Creole language · Ethnology · Humanities · Lexicon · Linguistics · Portuguese · Sociology · Vernacular · African history and culture studies · Colonialism, slavery, and trade · Hispanic-African Historical Relations · History · Philosophy
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The Judeo-Spanish Language of R. Moses Almosnino in Light of a Newly Discovered Manuscript of His Treatise on the Astrolabe
Thoughts on the linguistic history of Curaçao
Death of a Language
Death of a Language
Communities of port Jews and their contacts in the Dutch Atlantic World
Origins of a Creole
Dramatic literature of the Spanish and Portuguese Jews of Amsterdam in the XVIIth and XVIIIth centuries
Papiamentoe en Portugeesch
History of the Jews of the Netherlands Antilles
| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 0,11 |
| Citation span | 2017 - 2017 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |