Yiddish speaker Yanky shares his knowledge of his Yiddish background and culture.
Also Known As:
Central Yiddish, Judeo-German
Dialects & Varieties
- Mideastern Yiddish
- Northeastern Yiddish
- Southeastern Yiddish
Europe and North Asia
Salminen, Tapani. 2007. "Europe and North Asia." In Encyclopedia of the World's Endangered Languages, edited by C. Moseley. 211-282. London & New York: Routledge.
At risk
20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
>1,200,000
Native Speakers Worldwide
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Location Description
Yiddish is currently spoken in a few places in Belarus and the Ukraine, as well as by a small number of individuals in Alsace, the Netherlands and Switzerland, and in Jewish Autonomous Province (capital Birobijan) in eastern Siberia in the Russian Federation. Most speakers now live in North America and Israel. More than 1,000,000 people in North America and approximately 200,000 in Israel have knowledge of Yiddish.
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Recent Resources
Language Yiddish. ydd_word-list_1972_01.html, entries: 1 - 101
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