Info about Yiddish
Yiddish language, member of the West
Germanic group of the Germanic subfamily of the Indo-European family of
languages. Although it is not a national language, Yiddish is spoken by about 4
million Jews all over the world, especially in Argentina, Canada, France,
Israel, Mexico, Romania, and the U.S. Before the annihilation of 6 million Jews
by the Nazis, Yiddish was the tongue of more than 11 million people. Yiddish,
although it is not a national language, is spoken by Jews all over the world. It
arose (c.1100) out of a blend of a number of German dialects in the ghettos of
Central Europe, and from there it spread to other parts of the world.
Phonetically, Yiddish is closer to Middle High German than is modern German. Its
vocabulary is basically German, but it has been enlarged by borrowings from
Hebrew, Slavic, Romance languages, and English.
Stars, who sing in Yiddish:
Aviva
Semadar
Chava
Alberstein
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