Where Eastern Yiddish is spoken
Eastern Yiddish is spoken in 22 countries: Ukraine, Israel, Argentina, Australia and 18 more. The table gives the share of each country’s people who speak it, from Unicode CLDR, where CLDR has a figure.
| Country | Share of population | Estimated speakers |
|---|---|---|
| Ukraine | 1.3% | 463,603 |
| Israel | 3% | 282,079 |
| Argentina | Not given | Not given |
| Australia | Not given | Not given |
| Belarus | Not given | Not given |
| Belgium | Not given | Not given |
| Canada | Not given | Not given |
| Costa Rica | Not given | Not given |
| Estonia | Not given | Not given |
| Hungary | Not given | Not given |
| Latvia | Not given | Not given |
| Lithuania | Not given | Not given |
| Moldova | Not given | Not given |
| Panama | Not given | Not given |
| Poland | Not given | Not given |
| Puerto Rico | Not given | Not given |
| Romania | Not given | Not given |
| Russia | Not given | Not given |
| South Africa | Not given | Not given |
| Sweden | Not given | Not given |
| United States | Not given | Not given |
| Uruguay | Not given | Not given |
Estimated speakers are the CLDR percentage applied to CLDR’s own population figure for the country, so they are rough. A country without a figure may still have speakers: it is listed because the language area, or Glottolog’s record, reaches it.
Eastern Yiddish has no area on the map because no open area map covers it. The ringed point is the position Glottolog gives for the language.
How many people speak Eastern Yiddish?
Wikidata holds no speaker count for this language. The table above has rough per-country estimates from Unicode CLDR.
Status: Not endangered. Glottolog lists it as not endangered: it is still being passed on to children.
Where Eastern Yiddish sits in the language family tree
Glottolog classifies Eastern Yiddish as follows, from the largest family down to the language itself.
- Indo-European
- Classical Indo-European
- Germanic
- Northwest Germanic
- West Germanic
- High German
- Middle German
- East Middle German
- Schlesisch-Wilmesau
- Eastern Yiddish
Related languages
Other languages in the Schlesisch-Wilmesau group:
- Lower Silesian (23,000 speakers)
- Wymysorys (70 speakers)
More about Eastern Yiddish
- Read about Eastern Yiddish on Wikipedia
- Indo-European languages map
- Languages spoken in Ukraine
- All languages, A to Z
Codes: ISO 639-3 ydd, Glottolog east2295. Glottolog macroarea: Eurasia.
Questions about Eastern Yiddish
Where is Eastern Yiddish spoken?
Eastern Yiddish is spoken in Ukraine, Israel, Argentina, Australia and 18 more. Unicode CLDR puts it at 1.3% of the population of Ukraine, which is about 463,603 people. On the map it is shown as a single point, because no open area map covers it.
Which language family is Eastern Yiddish in?
Glottolog places Eastern Yiddish in the Indo-European family, in the branch Classical Indo-European, Germanic, Northwest Germanic, West Germanic, High German, Middle German, East Middle German and Schlesisch-Wilmesau.