We have it in ourselves – Judeo-Spanish Collection

Lizet Papo discloses us her attitudes towards language shift in Judeo-Spanish of Istanbul

VLACH ID-number: ladi1251TRV0039a

Description:
Lizet Papo is a semi-speaker of Judeo-Spanish of the second generation. In this video, she discloses to us with the utmost directness, honesty and humour how her attitudes towards Judeo-Spanish have changed over the years. She observes that people are more aware of the language loss today than in her youth and stresses out that it was her children who raised her awareness of the issue. This has acted as a motivation for her to use the language whenever the opportunity presents itself. Throughout the interview, she also tries to understand how she learned to speak Judeo-Spanish as she was growing up and points out that she uses it more today than she did in the past. At the end of the interview, she tells us an anecdote about other people's reactions to her speaking Judeo-Spanish.

Cite as:
Lo tyenémos aryénto – We have it in ourselves; performer: Lizet Papo, camera/ interview: Ioana Aminian, Deyvi Papo, transcription/ translation: Ioana Aminian, Deyvi Papo, Imane Sghiouar, editor: Deyvi Papo, retrieved from www.oeaw.ac.at/VLACH, ID-number: ladi1251TRV0039a.

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