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What language do Zionist Jews speak?
Most Jews are Zionist, and they speak the languages of the countries they are from.Note: Zionism just means supporting the idea of a Jewish homeland.
What languages are spoken by Ashkenazi Jews?
Ashkenazi Jews live all over the world and speak the languages of their countries. The most common languages spoken by Ashkenazi Jews are:EnglishHebrewFrenchRussianSpanishYiddish**Yiddish was once the main daily language of Ashkenazi Jews, but today less than 1 million can speak it fluently, and most of these speakers are elderly. Fluent Yiddish speakers mainly live in Belarus, Israel, and Argentina.
What languages are spoken by Californian Jews?
Most Jews anywhere in the United States (including California) speak English as their first language.
What languages were spoken by Jews?
In ancient times, Jews spoke Hebrew. From about 250 BCE to about 200 CE, the main language of the Jews was Aramaic. Since then, Jews have migrated to almost every country in the world, and they speak the local languages of the regions they live in. Today, most Jews speak English as their native language or as a second language. Hebrew is the second most spoken language among Jews.
What do Jews in Germany speak?
For a very long time the native language of German Jews has been German. Since the collapse of the Soviet Union (1991) a significant number Jews from the former Soviet Union (perhaps as many as 150,000) have settled in Germany. The second generation generally speaks German, the first generation a range of languages, which often includes Russian and Yiddish.
Who can speak the most languages in the world?
The term is Polylinguists.There is no known individual. The parameters are too hard to define as languages can be derivatives or dialects.The pope can speak quite a lot, but I'm guessing someone out there can speak about 30.The person who claims to be able to speak the most languages is Ziad Fazah. He claims to be able to speak 59 different languages.
What language did people use during the Holocaust?
Generally, Jews from Western and Central Europe spoke the languages of the countries they lived in (such as German in the case of German and Austrian Jews, French in the case of French Jews), and many East European Jews spoke Yiddish.
What languages did the diciples speak?
Most likely Hebrew.
Do all Jews know Hebrew?
NO. Do Christians only speak English? More seriously, though, most Jews speak the lingua franca or official language(s) of their country of birth or residence. For example, most American, Canadian (aside from Quebec), and British Jews speak English. Most Quebecois and French Jews speak French. Most Argentine and Mexican Jews speak Spanish. Most Russian and Ukrainian Jews speak Russian. Many also speak Jewish languages, of which Hebrew is just one of many, including: Yiddish, Ladino, Yevanic, and Judeo-Arabic.
What was the Sephardic language?
Sephardic Jews live all over the world, and speak the languages of the countries they live in. The most common first languages of Sephardic Jews are:HebrewEnglishArabicSpanishPortugueseTurkishFrenchLadinoLadino was once a prominent language of Sephardic Jews. It was a Jewish dialect of Medieval Spanish. Today there are less than 100,000 native speakers, almost all of which live in Israel, with a minority in Turkey. (There may be as many as 300,000 second-language speakers all over the world.)
Were hellenistic Jews bilingual?
It depends how Hellenized they were. Most Jews could converse in either Hebrew or Aramaic. (By the 300s BCE, Aramaic was starting to become dominant over Hebrew.) All Hellenized Jews could speak Koine Greek. Some of the Hellenized Jews were so enamored with Greek culture that they only knew how to speak Koine Greek and were no longer capable of speaking Semitic languages, but this was the minority.
Which WikiAnswers contributor speaks the most languages?
I - the user named "Get real" - speak nine (9) languages.
