Wiki Languages: Yiddish (ייִדיש)

Updated: 17-07-2024 by Wikilanguages.net

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Language: Yiddish (Yiddish)	Local name: ייִדיש
Language code: yi
Speak area: international	Classification: Germanic
Country: international	Second language:
Usage: regional	Wiki language for Yiddish

Dictionary for Yiddish (ייִדיש) in Simple English

English	Yiddish
ייִדיש	Simple English

Yiddish
ייִדיש, יידיש or אידישyidish/idish/yidish
Pronunciation	[ˈjɪdɪʃ] or [ˈɪdɪʃ]
Native to	Central, Eastern, and Western Europe
Region	Israel, North America, other regions with Jewish populations^[1]
Native speakers	(1.5 million cited 1986–1991 + half undated)^[1]
Language family	Indo-European Germanic West Germanic Elbe Germanic High German Yiddish
Writing system	Hebrew alphabet (Yiddish orthography)
Official status
Recognised minority language in	Bosnia and Herzegovina Israel Netherlands Poland Romania Sweden Ukraine
Regulated by	no formal bodies; YIVOde facto
Language codes
ISO 639-1
ISO 639-2
ISO 639-3	`yid` – inclusive code Individual codes: `ydd` – Eastern Yiddish `yih` – Western Yiddish
Glottolog	`yidd1255`
Linguasphere	`52-ACB-g = 52-ACB-ga (West) + 52-ACB-gb (East); totalling 11 varieties`

Yiddish is a language used by some Jews. At first, it was a dialect of German that Jews began to use in Europe about 1000 years ago. It was and still is used in the United States, especially in New York City, and other countries that now have Jews.

Most Yiddish words come from German, but many words are also from Hebrew and Slavic languages, especially Polish, and some from French, Hungarian and Latin. Yiddish is written usually by the Hebrew alphabet.

In the world, Yiddish is spoken by about 3 million people, mainly Hasidic Jews.

European Charter

In the Netherlands and Sweden, Yiddish is protected by the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages.

Isaac Bashevis Singer
Ladino language

References

↑ ^1.0^1.1Yiddish at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
Eastern Yiddish at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
Western Yiddish at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)

Other websites

Di Velt fun Yidish: Audio StoriesArchived 2009-04-13 at the Wayback Machine

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