Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Indian Sephardic Jews left the Iberian peninsula at the end of the 15th century and throughout the 16th century, in search of religious freedom after increasing tormet due to the Spanish Inquisition in both Spain and Portugal. They Originally spoke, Spanish and Portuguese however, they later began to speak Judeo-Malayalam in Kerala, South India. Most of them were crypto-Jews, which means Jews who had converted to Catholicism under pressure but continued to practice Judaism in secrecy.