Yiddish

E2281

Jewish language West Germanic language diaspora language

Yiddish is a historical West Germanic language, written in the Hebrew alphabet and enriched with Hebrew and Slavic elements, traditionally spoken by Ashkenazi Jewish communities.

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All labels observed (12)

Label	Occurrences
Yiddish canonical	154
Yiddish language	6
Eastern Yiddish	3
Judeo-German	2
Judaeo-German	1
Lithuanian Yiddish	1
Mideastern Yiddish	1
Northeastern Yiddish	1
Southeastern Yiddish	1
Western Yiddish	1
Yiddish theatre	1
Yidish	1

Statements (62)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Jewish language ⓘ West Germanic language ⓘ diaspora language ⓘ
associatedWithEthnicGroup	Ashkenazi Jewish diaspora ⓘ surface form: Ashkenazi Jews
associatedWithReligion	Judaism ⓘ
declineCausedBy	Holocaust ⓘ language shift to Hebrew ⓘ language shift to local majority languages ⓘ
developedFrom	Old High German ⓘ surface form: Middle High German dialects medieval German dialects ⓘ
experiencedDeclineDuring	20th century ⓘ
hasAlternativeName	Yiddish ⓘ surface form: Judeo-German Jüdisch-Deutsch ⓘ Yiddish ⓘ surface form: Yidish ייִדיש ⓘ
hasComponent	Aramaic vocabulary ⓘ Germanic vocabulary ⓘ Hebrew vocabulary ⓘ Romance vocabulary ⓘ Slavic vocabulary ⓘ
hasCulturalRole	language of Jewish humor ⓘ language of klezmer song lyrics ⓘ vehicle of Ashkenazi Jewish culture ⓘ
hasDialects	Yiddish self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Eastern Yiddish Yiddish self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Mideastern Yiddish Yiddish self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Northeastern Yiddish Yiddish self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Southeastern Yiddish Yiddish self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Western Yiddish
hasGlottocode	yidd1255 ⓘ
hasISO639-1Code	yi ⓘ
hasISO639-2Code	yid ⓘ
hasISO639-3Code	yid ⓘ
hasMorphologicalInfluenceFrom	German ⓘ
hasNotableAuthor	I. L. Peretz ⓘ Isaac Bashevis Singer ⓘ Mendele Mocher Sforim ⓘ Sholem Aleichem ⓘ
hasPhonologicalInfluenceFrom	Hebrew ⓘ Slavic languages ⓘ
hasRevitalizationEffortsIn	Europe ⓘ Israel ⓘ United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
hasStandardForm	Standard Yiddish orthography ⓘ
hasStandardizationBody	YIVO Institute for Jewish Research ⓘ
hasSyntacticInfluenceFrom	Slavic languages ⓘ
historicalRegion	Jews ⓘ surface form: Ashkenaz Central Europe ⓘ Eastern Europe ⓘ
isLanguageOf	Yiddish cinema ⓘ Yiddish literature ⓘ Yiddish press ⓘ Yiddish self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Yiddish theatre
isLiturgicalLanguageOf	some Hasidic communities ⓘ
languageFamily	Germanic languages ⓘ Indo-European language family ⓘ surface form: Indo-European languages
primaryScriptDirection	right-to-left ⓘ
subfamily	West Germanic languages ⓘ
taughtAt	universities worldwide ⓘ
usedByCommunity	Ashkenazi Jewish diaspora ⓘ Haredi Jews ⓘ Haredi Jews ⓘ surface form: Hasidic Jews
writingSystem	Hebrew alphabet ⓘ

Referenced by (173)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Jews → usesLanguage → Yiddish ⓘ

Yiddish → hasAlternativeName → Yiddish ⓘ

this entity surface form: Yidish

Yiddish → hasAlternativeName → Yiddish ⓘ

this entity surface form: Judeo-German