This map shows the regions
of the world where Yiddish is commonly spoken (red circles).
Yiddish developed from Europeanized Jews. The language descended
most directly from High
German, but it borrows thousands of loanwords from
Hebrew and Slavic. It is normally written in Hebrew
characters.
| Daniel M. Short originally created this
map and the other Indo-European language charts for his website at http://www.danshort.com/.
I reproduce these images here with the author's permission, but they are
copyrighted by Daniel Short as of 2002. These charts should not be reproduced
or reused without Mr. Short's approval. You may contact him at danshort@gte.net
for more information. These images are not public domain. |