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Jewish World Review: Ladino - A Lost Language?
Interview with Avner Peretz, director of the Institute of Ladino in the Jerusalem suburb of Maale Adumim. Discusses his efforts to save the literature, proverbs, and oral traditions before they disappear.
Ladino Music
A comprehensive collection of Sephardic, Ladino and Judeo-Arabic melodies and chants.
Ladino: Medieval Language of the Jews of Spain
A brief historical article about the language.
Sephardic House: Ladinokomunita
Overview of the Ladino language, with online forum, bibliography, and links.
The Ladino Language
A personal account of Judeo-Spanish.
Varieties of Judeo-Spanish
Discusses the differences between the Eastern dialect of Ladino, from Turkey and the Balkans, with closer ties to Old Spanish, and the Western dialect, used in parts of Morocco and Algeria, with extensive borrowings from Arabic. Part of a larger archive of Sephardic ballads and oral literature.
Wandering Thoughts on the Sephardim and Their Lang
Essay by an Ashkenazi scholar at Dartmouth University.