Ashkenazi

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Ashkenazi Jews, also known as Ashkenazic Jews or Ashkenazim (אַשְׁכֲּנָזִי אַשְׁכֲּנָזִים Standard Hebrew, Aškanazi,Aškanazim, Tiberian Hebrew, ʾAškănāzî, ʾAškănāzîm, pronounced sing. pl. , not with as in Tzar), are Jews descended from the Jewish communities of Germany, Poland, Austria, and Eastern Europe mostly established between the 10th and 19th centuries. In historical times and through the mid-20th Century, Ashkenazi Jews usually spoke Yiddish or Slavic languages such as the (now extinct) Knaanic, and developed a distinct culture and liturgy influenced by their native countries.

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Standard Hebrew - Tiberian Hebrew - Tzar - Jew - Germany - Poland - Austria - Eastern Europe - 10th - 19th - 20th Century - Yiddish - Slavic languages - Knaanic

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Although in the 11th century they comprised only 3% of the world's Jewish population, today Ashkenazi Jews account for approximately 80% of world Jews.http://www.jcpa.org/dje/articles3/sephardic.htm

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