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Yiddish, historically referred to as Judeo-German or Jewish German, is a West Germanic language historically spoken by Ashkenazi Jews. It originated in the Holy Roman Empire during the Middle Ages, and provided the nascent Ashkenazi community with a vernacular based on High German, fused with many elements taken from Hebrew (notably Mishnaic Hebrew) and…
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| Subject | Predicate | Object | Confidence | Src |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yiddish | Dialects | Eastern Yiddish | 1.00 | infobox |
| Yiddish | Dialects | Western Yiddish | 1.00 | infobox |
| Yiddish | Dialects | Klezmer-loshn † | 1.00 | infobox |
| Yiddish | Early form | Middle High German | 1.00 | infobox |
| Yiddish | Ethnicity | Ashkenazi Jews | 1.00 | infobox |
| Yiddish | Glottolog | east2295 Eastern Yiddish west2361 Western Yiddish | 1.00 | infobox |
| Yiddish | ISO 639-1 | yi | 1.00 | infobox |
| Yiddish | ISO 639-2 | yid | 1.00 | infobox |
| Yiddish | ISO 639-3 | yid – inclusive code Individual codes: ydd – Eastern Yiddish yih – Western Yiddish | 1.00 | infobox |
| Yiddish | Language family | GermanicWest GermanicElbe GermanicHigh GermanYiddish | 1.00 | infobox |
| Yiddish | Language family | West GermanicElbe GermanicHigh GermanYiddish | 1.00 | infobox |
| Yiddish | Language family | Elbe GermanicHigh GermanYiddish | 1.00 | infobox |
| Yiddish | Language family | High GermanYiddish | 1.00 | infobox |
| Yiddish | Language family | Yiddish | 1.00 | infobox |
| Yiddish | Linguasphere | = 52-ACB-ga (West) + 52-ACB-gb (East); totaling 11 varieties 52-ACB-g = 52-ACB-ga (West) + 52-ACB-gb (East); totaling 11 varieties | 1.00 | infobox |
| Yiddish | Native speakers | ≤ 600,000 (2021) | 1.00 | infobox |
| Yiddish | Native to | Central, Eastern, and Western Europe | 1.00 | infobox |
| Yiddish | Official language in | Russia (Jewish Autonomous Oblast) | 1.00 | infobox |
| Yiddish | Pronunciation | [ˈ(j)ɪdɪʃ] | 1.00 | infobox |
| Yiddish | Recognised minority language in | Israel | 1.00 | infobox |
| Yiddish | Recognised minority language in | Belarus | 1.00 | infobox |
| Yiddish | Recognised minority language in | Netherlands | 1.00 | infobox |
| Yiddish | Recognised minority language in | Poland | 1.00 | infobox |
| Yiddish | Recognised minority language in | Sweden | 1.00 | infobox |
| Yiddish | Recognised minority language in | Ukraine | 1.00 | infobox |
| Yiddish | Recognised minority language in | Romania | 1.00 | infobox |
| Yiddish | Recognised minority language in | Russia | 1.00 | infobox |
| Yiddish | Region | Europe, Israel, North America, South America, other regions with Jewish populations | 1.00 | infobox |
| Yiddish | Regulated by | No formal bodies YIVO (de facto) | 1.00 | infobox |
| Yiddish | Writing system | Hebrew alphabet (Yiddish orthography) occasionally Latin alphabet | 1.00 | infobox |
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