Yiddish (ייִדיש yidish or אידיש idish literally Jewish) is a High German language of Ashkenazi Jews and it is written in the Hebrew alphabet. Western Yiddish originated in their culture which emerged in the 9th century in Central Europe. Many centuries later Western Yiddish spread to Eastern Europe where it expanded and evolved into Eastern Yiddish which eventually spread to other continents.
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Germanic languages, High German languages, West Germanic languages
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