Jiddish

[halsteis@pvv.ntnu.no [gothic-l]]

> thought Yiddish was a transitioned part of Hebrew developed by then and
> now jewish Europeans.....

No, Yiddish is an Indo-European language, and considered as a Germanic
language by most scholars (some considers it as Slavic, but most only
think it has a strong Slavic influence). Hebrew is a Semitic language.

However Yiddish is often written in an alphabet based on the Hebrew alphabet.

Halstein.
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> On Thursday, June 12, 2014 1:36 AM, "d.faltin at hispeed.ch [gothic-l]"
> <gothic-l at yahoogroups.com> wrote:
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> Hi Edmund,
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> I fully agree with your description. I failed to convince Tore with
> similar arguments on the Germanic-L and I fear that there is nothing that
> can be said an no evidence that can be presented to change his mind. I
> suggest to terminate this threat.
> Â 
> Best,
> Dirk 
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