11 million means 1939, not today

By 1939 the number of Yiddish speakers was estimated at about 11 million; the figure is tied to that year. [1]

Context: The number must not be reused as a current figure for speakers of the language.

Source: Wikipedia, Russian edition — Yiddish, revid 154893447

Full item: Yiddish: a Germanic branch that absorbed a great many borrowed words — https://qi.qdev.run/en/explain/yiddish-language

Fragment: https://qi.qdev.run/en/share/ex04-eleven-million-1939

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