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Yiddish is a High German language, with many words borrowed from Hebrew and Slavic, that is usually written in Hebrew characters and that was once widely spoken, chiefly as a vernacular, in eastern European Jewish communities and by emigrants from these communities throughout the world, including the United States.
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There are also dialects of Yiddish - Polish, Ukranian, Russian.
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What three languages did most Jews speak?
English, Hebrew, and Yiddish.
What languages were spoken in CheΕm before the holocaust?
The most widely spoken languages of Chełm, Poland were Yiddish, Polish, and Russian.Today, the majority of Yiddish speakers live in Israel, the Americas, and South Africa.
What languages are spoken in Yiddish?
Yiddish is the only language spoken in Yiddish. Just like English is the only language spoken in English.
Is kopel a yiddish name?
No, "kopel" is not a Yiddish name. It is a Polish and Ukrainian surname that means "little horse" in those languages.
How do you say light in Yiddish?
"Licht". Straight from German, but similar to the other Teutonic languages, as well as Scottish.
What does Tzhana mean in Hebrew and Yiddish?
There is no such language as Jewish. You probably mean either Hebrew, Ladino, or Yiddish, but this word doesn't exist in any of these languages.
How do you use the word yiddish in a sentence?
Yiddish is a language that blends Hebrew, German, and other languages. An example sentence could be: "My grandfather spoke fluent Yiddish when he was growing up in Eastern Europe."
What were some languages in the holocaust?
the main ones were German, Polish, Yiddish and Hebrew.
How does the Yiddish language connect to the Jewish desire to interact with but still be separate from the non- Jewish world?
Yiddish comes from German and other Slavic languages.
The Yiddish type of what language?
Yiddish is a Germanic Language. It is a Jewish dialect of Low German, that also includes many borrowed words from Slavic languages and Hebrew.
What has the author Anna Verschik written?
Anna Verschik has written: 'Estonian Yiddish and its contacts with coterritorial languages =' -- subject(s): Dialects, History, Yiddish language
Are there other Jewish languages like the Yiddish language spoken through out the world?
The Hebrew
