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ISO 639-3 · yidyid
Indo-European family · macrolanguage

Yiddish

יידיש

Yiddish is a macrolanguage of the High German branch (Indo-European), spoken in Australia, Austria, Argentina and Belarus and 25 more countries. Wikidata counts about 1 m speakers (2010). Wikidata describes it as “High German-derived language used by Ashkenazi Jews”.

Definitely endangeredHebr+241 m
Wikidata recordGlottolog
At a glance
ISO 639-3
yid
ISO 639-1
yi
Glottocode
yidd1255
Centre point
51.00, 24.00
Wikipedia
156 language editions
—first-language speakers
—second-language speakers
29countries
1scripts
4levels in the tree
Definitely endangeredUNESCO level

Facts

NameYiddish · יידיש
Also calledYidish, Idish, Yidish-Taitsh, Judaeo-German, Ashkenazish language
All speakers1,000,000 (2010)
Written inHebrew alphabet
Grammatical cases3 listed in Wikidata
Grammatical genders3 listed in Wikidata
Kindmacrolanguage

Vitality

UNESCO: Definitely endangered
Languages at this level
family tree

From Indo-European to Yiddish

The branches above Yiddish, top to bottom. Each node counts the languages of this index that belong to it.

414Indo-Europeanfamily60Germanicbranch54West Germanicbranch18High GermanbranchyidYiddishlanguage
where it is spoken

Map and countries

A distribution map from Wikimedia Commons, as linked from Wikidata; borders of language areas are approximate.

Map of the area where Yiddish is spoken
Map: Christophe cagé 16:34, 14 July 2007 (UTC). The PSD file could be send to anyone. · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Australia351 languages in the indexAustria11 languages in the indexArgentina28 languages in the indexBelarus7 languages in the indexBelgium13 languages in the indexBosnia and Herzegovina8 languages in the indexBrazil207 languages in the indexUnited Kingdom25 languages in the indexHungary10 languages in the indexGermany36 languages in the indexIsrael30 languages in the indexCanada112 languages in the indexCosta Rica10 languages in the indexLatvia10 languages in the indexLithuania11 languages in the indexMexico169 languages in the indexMoldova9 languages in the indexPanama10 languages in the indexPoland20 languages in the indexRussia139 languages in the indexRomania18 languages in the indexUnited States245 languages in the indexUkraine23 languages in the indexUruguay4 languages in the indexFrance84 languages in the indexSwitzerland12 languages in the indexSweden15 languages in the indexEstonia11 languages in the indexSouth Africa30 languages in the index

Also spoken in Australia

engEnglishIndo-European · 1.13 bn0 · InternationalpanPunjabiunclassified · 125 mSafesylSylhetiIndo-European · 14 m3 · Wider CommunicationhyeArmenianIndo-European · 6.7 m1 · NationalsrdSardinianIndo-European · 1.3 mDefinitely endangeredmltMalteseunclassified · 482,8801 · NationaltetTetumAustronesian · 463,5005 · DevelopingsmoSamoanAustronesian · 415,7201 · NationaltonTonganAustronesian · 186,0101 · NationalglaScottish GaelicIndo-European · 57,0002 · Provincial