&_160;IsraelTraditionally, Judeo-Malayalam, now mostly Hebrew
The Paradesi Jews are part of the Jewish community located in Kerala, India. They originally came mainly from the Middle East and Europe. Sometimes referred to as White Jews although that usage is generally considered pejorative or discriminatory and refers to relatively recent Jewish immigrants (15th Century onward), predominantly Sephardim and Mizrahim, into Kerala, in southwestern India. They are an important component of the Cochin Jewish community. The Paradesi were endogamous to their own group during their settlement in Kerala similar to the Knanaya people.
The primary original language of the Paradesim was Ladino, which contributed a number of loanwords to Judeo-Malayalam, the pre-existing Jewish language of the Kerala Jewish community.
