Yiddish is mainly a mixture of what two languages?
Correct answer: German and Hebrew
cghow
African isn't a language nor a country. in fact, the continent of Africa is the most culturally/linguistically diverse place on planet Earth.
MisunderstoodGoal380
African is not a language. Afrikaans is a language
💜Jacquie💜
Paul Rice, Yes it absolutely was proven. In fact, the Nazis would resent your denial of their “greatest” achievement. Denial is hateful, disrespectful and ignorant. Stop.
Beestroe
The first line in the Laverne & Shirley theme song was Yiddish.
BerrikBerrikson
I talk 2 languages, English and jibberish 😂
Malithion
Yiddish is the best language. Such fun, punchy slang. Oy vat a mensh!
Player #3813778
Beestroe, A schlemiel is someone who is always spilling soup; a schlemazl is someone who is always having soup spilled on him; and a kibbitzer is the guy who stands around going "tsk, tsk!"
FaithfulReader
Oy veh! :)
Jax
cghow, I second that. I'm so tired of being asked if i speak African. or asked what country in South Africa do you come from. lord there is no hope for some.
Avalon
Jews .. the most scapegoated people group in history.
will
cghow, correct Africa isn't a country it's a continent , and African is not a language. Africa has many different countries with many different languages and dialects
Player #92723922
African? That's a continent, not a language.
Charlene
German and Hebrew?!🫥
MARELMAR
when I was growing up, my adopted mother uses that language when she talks to her friends on the phone which is the landline phone.
Beth
Brian, hahahaha! I love this!
Woman on Fire
cghow, Papua New Guinea is the most linguistically diverse country in the world with over 840 different languages and 200 different dialects spoken throughout the country. As of 2021.
Tony
Montana Lady, Thankyou Montana Lady.
AndyAlwysSmiling
Wade, Mention Yiddish and I think of Fiddler On The Roof — great movie and musical!!!
Wade
Interesting.. I knew Hebrew was part of Yiddish but not a mixture with German. I'm sorry to hear that Yiddish almost went extinct. Preserve the languages of your ancestors the best you can!!
Yvey
My husbands ancestors all spoke Yiddish. We are South African. We feel the loss of not knowing this passed generation, but their first hand loss during 2nd world war must have been so extreme. 85% extinguished 😳
WENDY
Noma, I love to debate about almost every thing....debating is different thought and ideas..I love it..
Lady Wolf Moon
…and whatever the language of the country you’re in is…
AirGriz
cghow, Well said, but how is this related to the question about the Yiddish language?
Noma
African is not a language the fact that we still have to explain this in 2023 is crazy
LillySparrow
Malithion, yep and on The Nanny pretty much used all the time . . . In every episode and hilarious too!
LillySparrow
Beestroe, love that song . . . I still occasionally sing it!
LillySparrow
cghow, good for you and MisunderstoodGoal380! They do put in answers that are false to try and trip up the guessers
Brian
oy gevalt! we gotta keep this shtick going with the goyim over owah HolocaustTM, or else there might actually be a shoah! 6 gorrilions, goyim! 6 kerchillions!
Royalty
cghow, Proudly South African!!!!
Jennifer
Beestroe, neat! Never knew what they were saying at the beginning! Thanks for sharing.
Morgan
IsraelisForever, I do speak English and German (not as good as English) however I can assure u that if you pay attention to Dutch speaking people you can understand most of it... Same for written Dutch, it's a mixture of English & German...
Hedgehog
Ruby, yes and they are adding a 12th....
Rover277
Incidentally,it's possible to do a degree in Yiddish at Oxford University
Rover277
There are many Yiddish words in use in the English language such as chutzpah meaning a bit cheeky or gazump meaning to outdo someone when buying a house.Theres also schlep meaning to pull or drag around but it has so many other meanings! Then of course there's kosher which is so misused in TV programmes 😂 It actually means fit, so in Hebrew a gym is called a heder kasher,a fit room.
Cathy
Player #26336711, Just because they can doesn’t always mean it’s a good idea
EssAycee
Emmanuela, languages that have their roots in Latin. Examples - French, Spanish, Italian, Romanian.
Richard
even I can speak malay,tamil,English,Vietnamese,Malayalam, hindi,
Melode
when I was a kid my grandmother and great aunt used to speak Russian Yiddish. of course icouldnt understand most of it but my mom taught me some.
Tolsom
that's a silly sounding word I don't like it bye
Tess
Does anyone find it tragically ironic that Yiddish is a mixture of Hebrew and German, the nationality of some who sought to crush their race?