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'''Yiddish''' is a [[language]] spoken by [[Ashkenazi]] [[Jew]]s. It is a branch of [[Old High German]], with many loan words from other [[European]] languages and from [[Hebrew]]. Yiddish is written in the Hebrew alphabet. When the modern nation of [[Israel]] was first created in 1948 they chose between Yiddish and Hebrew as their state language. Hebrew won out. | '''Yiddish''' is a [[language]] spoken by [[Ashkenazi]] [[Jew]]s. It is a branch of [[Old High German]], with many loan words from other [[European]] languages and from [[Hebrew]]. Yiddish is written in the Hebrew alphabet. When the modern nation of [[Israel]] was first created in 1948 they chose between Yiddish and Hebrew as their state language. Hebrew won out. | ||
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| + | American English has a lot of loanwords from Yiddish, for example ''bagel'', ''kvetch'', ''[[borscht]]'', ''chutzpah'', to name just a few. Yiddish was also spoken by many Jewish American comedians, like the [[Three Stooges]] and the [[Marx Brothers]]. This is used by these comedians as humorous "gibberish" when assuming another identity. | ||
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Revision as of 21:20, March 9, 2008
Yiddish is a language spoken by Ashkenazi Jews. It is a branch of Old High German, with many loan words from other European languages and from Hebrew. Yiddish is written in the Hebrew alphabet. When the modern nation of Israel was first created in 1948 they chose between Yiddish and Hebrew as their state language. Hebrew won out.
American English has a lot of loanwords from Yiddish, for example bagel, kvetch, borscht, chutzpah, to name just a few. Yiddish was also spoken by many Jewish American comedians, like the Three Stooges and the Marx Brothers. This is used by these comedians as humorous "gibberish" when assuming another identity.