Endangered Languages Project - Western Yiddish

Western Yiddish

^{[aka Yiddish, Yiddish, Western, Central Yiddish]}

Classification: Indo-European

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threatened

ALSO KNOWN AS		Yiddish, Yiddish, Western, Central Yiddish, Yidish, Judeo-German
CLASSIFICATION		Indo-European, Germanic, West Germanic, High German
CODE AUTHORITY		ISO 639-3
LANGUAGE CODE		yih
VARIANTS & DIALECTS		Midwestern Yiddish Northwestern Yiddish Southwestern Yiddish
DOWNLOAD		As csv
MORE RESOURCES		OLAC search

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Information from: “Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 16th Edition (2009)” . M. Paul Lewis · SIL International

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
5,400
Native speakers worldwide
Ethnic population
49,210
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
5,000 in Germany. Population total all countries: 5,400.

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LOCATION INFORMATION

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51.670511, 12.744141

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51.670511, 12.744141

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Information from: “Given Names, Judaism, and Jewish History” ( ch. The Development of Yiddish Over the Ages) . G. L. Esterson (2001)