Following the expulsion of Jews from Spain during the Inquisition, as the majority of the Iberian Jews resettled in the Ottoman Empire, that region (the Balkans, Turkey, the Middle East, and North Africa) became the language's main homeland.
Following the expulsion of Jews from Spain during the Inquisition the language rapidly became extinct in Iberia. As the majority of the Iberian Jews resettled in the Ottoman Empire, that region (the Balkans, Turkey, the Middle East, and North Africa) became the language's main homeland.