Haketía

Language Name: Haketía. The glottonym of this language can be written in many ways. This is because there is no standardized orthographic system and it effects even to the name of the language. We can find it written as: Jaquetía, Jaquitía, Jaketía, Haketía, Hakitía, or Yaketía, among others. Language Family: Indo-European. Italic Romance. Western Romance. Ibero-Romance. Ibero-Spanish. Judeo-Spanish. Geographical Location: Morocco, Canada, Venezuela, Israel, the Spanish cities of Ceuta and Melilla. Estimated Population: In 1900, there were an estimated 30,000 speakers. The number of speakers today is very difficult to estimate due to the small number and the constant loss of them.

Contributor: Rocío Rojas-Marcos Albert
Universidad de Sevilla
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