La muerte del ladino escrito en Al-Andalús
Roger Wright
The Christian community in Moslem Spain was mostly bilingual speech (ladino and Arabic) throughout, but around the end of ninth century they seem to have decided become literate Arabic alone. This paper suggests that part motivation for ceasing write traditional way lay precisely attempts Cordoba scholars 850s extend level their culture ; event, rather than (as has often been said) leading a higher Latinity, snapped tenuous thread still linking registers colloquial written techniques within monolingual whole. effect this dissociation Carolingian France create new conscious conceptual distinction between Latin Romance, it much easier practice stop writing Roman alphabet altogether remain ladino-speaking only (if at all) Arabic.
Evphrosyne