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Meet Our Speakers: Benni Aguado (Ladino)

February 4, 2021December 15, 2019 by uTalk

For every language uTalk adds to the app, we recruit two native speakers to come to our office in London and record. In this post, learn more about Benni Aguado, a Ladino speaker who put his job as a Court Translator and Interpreter on hold to fly over and help us record the language. Benni … Read more

Meet Our Speakers: Rachel Bortnick (Ladino)

December 16, 2019December 14, 2019 by uTalk

We’ve all heard of Yiddish, right? But have you heard of another Jewish language, Ladino? It’s the language historically spoken by Jews whose ancestors once lived in Spain and Portugal and is classified as endangered by UNESCO. It was also our most recent addition to the uTalk app, with the help of digital archive Ladino … Read more