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This article contains Hebrew text. Without proper rendering support, you may see question marks, boxes, or other symbols instead of Hebrew letters. Yiddish ( ייִדיש, יידיש or אידיש, yidish or idish, pronounced [ˈ (j)ɪdɪʃ], lit. 'Jewish'; ייִדיש-טײַטש, historically also Yidish-Taytsh, lit.
Jun 15, 2024 · Yiddish is the language of the Ashkenazim, central and eastern European Jews and their descendants. Written in the Hebrew alphabet, it became one of the world’s most widespread languages, appearing in most countries with a Jewish population by the 19th century.
Eastern Yiddish is divided into the following dialects: Central Yiddish (Poylish). Southeastern Yiddish (Ukraynish), Northeastern Yiddish (Litvish), and a normalized official Standard Yiddish (Yivo). Yiddish alphabet and pronunciation (Alef-Beys / אַלף-בּית )
For much of the last millennium, Yiddish was the lingua franca of the Ashkenazi Jews of Central and Eastern Europe. It continues to be spoken by many Jews today, especially in Chassidic circles. Read on for 13 facts about this delightfully zesty and expressive language.
The Speech Community. From its beginnings in the tenth century and until the end of the 18 th, Yiddish was the virtually uncontested medium of oral communication among Jews from Holland to Ukraine, from Livonia to Romania, as well as in the Ashkenazi communities in Italy, the Balkans, Palestine.
Hebrew was the national language of the Jews in their land, and was considered the only legitimate medium of Jewish expression. Post-Holocaust Yiddish. On the eve of World War II, there were roughly 13 million Yiddish speakers in the world. The Holocaust destroyed most of this population.
• Yiddish is spoken chiefly by Jews of East European (Ashkenazi) origin or descent. Hebrew is spoken chiefly by Israeli Jews or Jews of Middle Eastern origin or descent. • In Yiddish, words of more than one syllable are generally stressed on the penultimate (or next-to-the-last) syllable.
