Yiddish language

Yiddish (Yid. ייִדיש, yidiš) is a Germanic language spoken by about three million people throughout the world, predominantly Ashkenazic Jews. The name Yiddish itself is Yiddish for "Jewish" (compare German jüdisch) and is likely an abbreviated rendition of yidish-taytsh (ייִדיש־טײַטש), or "Jewish German". In its earliest historical phase (13th-14th centuries), Yiddish is referred to by linguists as Judeo-German; occasionally this term is used for later forms of the language as well.

External links

• Jewish Language Research Website: Yiddish
• On-line Yiddish dictionary
• National Yiddish Book Center
• NYBC's Summer Language Internship
• Shtetl
• The Yiddish Voice
• The Jewish Book Center of The Workmen's Circle
• Spoken Yiddish Language Project (Columbia University)
• Eastern Yiddish in Ethnologue
• Western Yiddish in Ethnologue
• Forverts -- The Yiddish Forward
• The Workmen's Circle/Arbeter Ring
• Collection of Yiddish prints from the 16th to the 20th century
• Bibliotheca Iiddica Small encyclopedia on Yiddish. Home page is in Latin, most of the rest is in transliterated Yiddish.
• Di Velt fun Yidish: Audio Stories