Six people recall the languages that cradled their childhoods: Judeo-Spanish or Judeo Arabic, or Judeo-Persian. These languages, while quite different from one another, have a common Hebrew component, and, especially, a common feature: all are written in Hebrew letters. These letters have, with the passage of time, lost their use and their force, and today the languages themselves are becoming extinct. Their words, however, in melodies, rhythms, and accents, have left traces that still resonate in those who heard them as children.