The 'Paradesi Jews' are part of the Jewish community of
Kerala state in
India. They originally came mainly from the
Middle East and
Europe. They are sometimes called 'White Jews' although that usage is generally considered pejorative or discriminatory and refers to relatively recent
Jewish immigrants (15
th Century onward), predominantly
Sephardim and
Mizrahim, into
Kerala, in southwestern
India. They are an important component of the
Cochin Jewish community.
The primary original language of the Paradesim was
Ladino, which contributed a number of
loanwords to
Judæo-Malayalam, the pre-existing
Jewish language of the Kerala Jewish community.
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