Yiddish Language

	nativename	ייִדיש ''yidish''
	pronunciation	/ˈjidiʃ/
	states	United States , Russia , Israel , Ukraine , Belarus , Germany , Canada , Argentina and in many other places
	speakers	app 3 million (1991 est) including app 1,250,000 in the United States (2005 - Eastern) [http://wwwethnologuecom/show_countryaspname=US , app 701,000 in Russia (2005 - Eastern) app 215,000 in Israel (1986 est - Eastern) [http://wwwethnologuecom/show_languageaspcode=ydd , app 634,000 in Ukraine (2005 - Eastern) app 231,000 in Belarus (2005 - Eastern) [http://wwwethnologuecom/show_countryaspname=BY , app 50,000 in Germany (2000 est - Western)[http://wwwethnologuecom/show_languageaspcode=yih] and app 50,000 in Canada (2005 - Eastern)
	familycolor	Indo-European
	fam2	Germanic
	fam3	West German
	fam4	High German
	script	Hebrew Alphabet
	nation	Jewish Autonomous Oblast in Russia , recognised minority language in Sweden and Russia
	agency	YIVO
	iso1	yiiso2=yid
	lc1	yidld1=Yiddish (generic)ll1=none
	lc2	yddld2=Eastern Yiddishll2=none

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