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  nativename ייִדיש ''yidish''
  pronunciation /ˈjidiʃ/
  states United States , United Kingdom , Lithuania , Russia , Israel , Ukraine , Moldova , Belarus , Belgium , Germany , Canada , Brazil , Argentina , Mexico , Australia and elsewhere
  speakers 3 million Yiddish, Eastern , on Ethnologue Accessed online 17 October 2006
  familycolor Indo-European
  fam2 Germanic
  fam3 West Germanic
  fam4 High German
  script uses a Hebrew-based Alphabet
  nation Jewish Autonomous Oblast in Russia ('' De Jure '' only) officially recognized minority language in Sweden , The Netherlands , and Moldova
  agency no formal bodies<br> YIVO de facto
  iso1 yiiso2=yid
  lc1 yidld1=Yiddish (generic)ll1=none
  lc2 yddld2=Eastern Yiddishll2=none


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