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The Sephardi Jew originated in the Iberian Peninsula (Spain and Portugal) , including the descendants of those subject to expulsion from Spain by order of the Catholic Monarchs Ferdinand and Isabella (as codified in the Alhambra decree of 1492), or from Portugal by order of King Manuel I in 1497.
The Mizrahim Jew originated in Arab lands. Some Jews, even some not born in Arab countries define themselves as Arab Jews. some of the communities referred to originated as early as the Babylonian captivity (6th century BCE), thus antedating the Arab Muslim conquest by a millennium. At present the term has been reclaimed by some Mizrahi activists such as Naeim Giladi, Ella Habiba Shohat, Sami Shalom Chetrit and David Rabeeya.
Below are the populations as of now.
Ashkenazi Jews |
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11.2 million (est.)[1] |
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Sephardi Jews |
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1.7 million |
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Ladino also Judæo-Portuguese, Catalanic, and Shuadit |
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Mizrahi Jews |
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2.5 million |
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Dzhidi, Judæo-Arabic, Gruzinic, Bukhori, Judeo-Berber, Juhuri and Judæo-Aramaic |
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