The Ladino language, also known as Judeo-Spanish, emerged among the Sephardic Jews after their exodus from Spain in 1492, preserving an archaic version of Spanish infused with elements from Hebrew and other languages encountered in the diaspora. It serves as a cultural bridge, maintaining the traditions and stories of Sephardic Jewish communities across countries like Turkey, Greece, and Israel, even as the number of Ladino speakers has significantly dwindled.