Yiddish
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- Language: Yiddish
- Alternate names: Judeo-German, Yiddish
- SIL-code: Ethnologue:ydd
- Language family: Indo-European, Germanic, West, High German, Yiddish
- Number of speakers: 3,142,560
- Script: Hebrew script
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Introduction
Yiddish (ייִדיש yidish or אידיש idish, literally: "Jewish") is a non-territorial Germanic language, spoken throughout the world and written with the Hebrew alphabet.
The verb
Sample verb: פֿאַרלירן farlirn 'lose'
| פֿאַרלירן farlirn 'lose' | |
| איך ikh | פֿאַרליר farlir |
| דו du | פֿאַרלירסט farlirst |
| ער er/זי zi/עס es | פֿאַרלירט farlirt |
| מיר mir | פֿאַרלירן farlirn |
| איר ir | פֿאַרלירט farlirt |
| זיי zey | פֿאַרלירן farlirn |
References
- Birnbaum, Solomon A.. Yiddish: A Survey and a Grammar.
University of Toronto Press. Toronto. 1979.