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Ausbel, nathan the book of jewish knowledge crown publishing inc. Written in the hebrew alphabet, it became one of the worlds most widespread languages. Assimilation following world war ii and aliyah, immigration to israel. Features books and gifts related to yiddish language and culture. Judaeogerman is the historical language of the ashkenazi jews. How to say book in yiddish whats the yiddish word for book. Yiddish is the language of the ashkenazim, central and eastern european jews and their descendants. The penguin book of modern yiddish verse hardcover by. Pages in category yiddish language literature the following 53 pages are in this category, out of 53 total. We hope the lessons above helped you learn yiddish. Yiddish language, one of the many germanic languages that form a branch of the indoeuropean language family. Western yiddish, the only form of yiddish that was used during the earliest history of the language, remained the dominant branch during the old yiddish period ending about 50. Weinreich argued that it began as a romance language that was later germanized.
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