Eastern Yiddish language
Eastern Yiddish (ISO 639-3 code ydd) is a language of the Indo-European family spoken in 22 countries. It has about 1,200,000 speakers. The Endangered Languages Project lists it as at risk.
Facts
| ISO 639-3 code | ydd |
|---|---|
| Glottocode | east2295 |
| Family | Indo-European |
| Area | Eurasia |
| Countries | Argentina, Australia, Belgium, Belarus, Canada, Costa Rica, Estonia, Hungary, Israel, Lithuania, Latvia, Moldova, Panama, Poland, Puerto Rico, Romania, Russia, Sweden, Ukraine, United States, Uruguay, South Africa |
| Speakers (estimate) | 1,200,000 |
| Endangerment | At risk (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available) |
Related languages
Other Indo-European languages, nearest first.
- English1,500,000,000 speakers
- Spanish560,000,000 speakers
- French310,000,000 speakers
- Portuguese264,000,000 speakers
- Russian255,000,000 speakers
- German135,000,000 speakers
- Polish45,000,000 speakers
- Ukrainian35,000,000 speakers
- Dutch30,000,000 speakers
- Romanian28,000,000 speakers
- Afrikaans17,000,000 speakers
- Czech13,000,000 speakers
More about Eastern Yiddish
- Glottolog: classification and references
- Endangered Languages Project: vitality and resources
- Wikipedia article
Classification, area and countries: Glottolog (CC BY 4.0). Endangerment status and speaker estimate: Endangered Languages Project. Speaker numbers are estimates and differ between sources.