Listen to the language of Cochin Jews | Thapan speaking Judeo-Malayalam | Wikitongues

Thapan is the youngest of a few dozen speakers of Judeo-Malayalam, the historic language of India’s Cochin Jewish community. Like most Jewish diaspora languages, it emerged from the convergence of Hebrew and Aramaic with local vernaculars—in this case, the Dravidian language Malayalam. Learn more about Jewish languages: Submit your own video here: This video was self-recorded by Thapan Dubayehudi in Kochi, India. As part of a project