Yiddish language topic

Yiddish ( yidish or idish, literally "Jewish") is a nonterritorial High German language, spoken throughout the world but, unlike other such languages, is written with the Hebrew alphabet. The language originated in the Ashkenazi culture that developed from about the 10th century in the Rhineland and then spread to central and eastern Europe and eventually to other continents. In the earliest surviving references to it, the language is called (loshn-ashkenaz = "language of Ashkenaz") and ... full article at wikipedia