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Yiddish: a Germanic branch that absorbed a great many borrowed words
How Yiddish relates to the Germanic languages, where its 15-20 per cent Hebrew and Aramaic borrowing comes from, and what the figure of 11 million speakers refers to.
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What it is
Yiddish belongs to the Germanic branch and took shape roughly between the 10th and 14th centuries. 1
How many people spoke it
By 1939 the number of Yiddish speakers was estimated at about 11 million people. 1
What its vocabulary is made of
15-20 per cent of Yiddish vocabulary is borrowed from Hebrew and Aramaic; there are Slavic borrowings as well. 1
About the numbers. The estimate of 11 million refers to 1939 and to the number of speakers, not to the number of people who consider Yiddish their mother tongue today. 1
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11 million means 1939, not today
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Германская ветвь, а не славянская
Русский ·key fact
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Кірме сөздер — жалпы лексиканың бір бөлігі
Қазақша ·context
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- Русский
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- Translated from: Русский
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- Qazaqstan-Israel editorial desk (machine-assisted draft, no language reviewer)
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- not performed by a native speaker
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