Langenesis

Indo-European family

Yiddish

c. 1100 CE – today Living

Yiddish (c. 1100 CE – today) is a living Indo-European language. Lineage: Proto-Indo-European → Proto-Germanic → Proto-West-Germanic → Old High German → Middle High German → Yiddish.

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Speakers
600K (600,000)
ISO 639-3
yid

Fusion language of Ashkenazi Jews: High German base with Hebrew-Aramaic and Slavic components. Place and date of origin are debated.

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4,500 BCE – 2,500 BCE
  2. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE – 500 CE
  3. Proto-West-Germanic200 CE – 700 CE
  4. Old High German750 CE – 1050 CE
  5. Middle High German1050 CE – 1350 CE
  6. Yiddishc. 1100 CE – today

Sister languages 3

Also descended from Middle High German.

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