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What is the difference between Yiddish and Hebrew?

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Esther

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Answered Jun 02, 2020

Hebrew and Yiddish are both spoken languages. Jews are primarily the speaker of both of these languages, but there are much more speakers of Hebrew. This language has over 10 million speakers. Yiddish only has about three million speakers. Though Yiddish has less people speaking it, it is more universal then Hebrew. Yiddish is spoken in many places around the world including the United States, France, Russia, and Poland. Hebrew is spoken in select few locations, such as Israel and Gaza. Spoken in various locations, they are the official languages of different places. Hebrew is the official language of Israel, while Yiddish is the official language of Sweden.
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E.Evelyn

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Answered May 28, 2020

Yiddish and Hebrew are known to be languages. These are the languages that are spoken by Jews no matter what part of the world they may be in. Hebrew is known to be a Semitic language which means that it will have some similarities with some older languages such as Amharic and Arabic.

Yiddish, on the other hand, is also considered to be some sort of German dialect. You can tell that a lot of the words still come from Hebrew. The main difference is the way that these words are spoken. Yiddish would usually come with a distinct accent that may be hard to understand by those who do not naturally speak it.

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