2006-10-23 06:36:49 · 9 answers · asked by Chloe C 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
yes there is
Yiddish is written with the Hebrew alphabet. but is not Hebrew.
2006-10-23 06:38:29 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes it's a big difference, Yiddish is a language that developed in Europe and is very similar to German. German is my native language and I have a CD with some Yiddish songs and I can understand a lot, although I never studied Yiddish at all. It sounds to me like a German dialect with a lot of words with Hebrew and Slavic origin in it. Hebrew is a totally different language, it is similar to Arabic (my friend who speaks Arabic says she can understand some Hebrew although she never studied it at all). Hebrew is the language in which the Old Testament (i.e. those parts of Bible that also belong to Judaism) are written and Jews have always studied their holy scriptures in Hebrew, but it was not used in everyday life for a long time and was revived when Israel was founded, because they wanted to go back to the real roots of Jewish culture and history.
So nowadays in Israel people speak Hebrew and there are hardly people who still speak Yiddish.
2006-10-23 06:50:24 · answer #2 · answered by Elly 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
two different languages. Hebrew is the national language of Israel and is spoken in temple, shul or synagogue. Yiddish is written with Hebrew letters and a mixture of Hebrew, German, Slavic languages i.e. Russian and polish. people in Israel do not speak Yiddish but alot of American Jews speak and understand Yiddish. some theory is that Yiddish was developed so other Jews in Europe could understand each other. other say it was a language developed from combining all languages the Jews lived and were thrown out of together. first German mixed with Hebrew, then Russian and other Slavic languages. by the way sephardic or Spanish Jews speak ladino which is a mix of Hebrew and Spanish.
2006-10-23 08:24:24 · answer #3 · answered by scififed 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Hebrew is Hebrew. Yiddish is Yiddish. They both use the same alpabet and have some similar words, but Yiddish has a lot of words that are Germanic in origin.
There is also a language called Ladino which is like Yiddish but has Spanish roots.
2006-10-23 06:40:10 · answer #4 · answered by WendyD1999 5 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Yes, there's a difference. Yiddish is written with the Hebrew alphabet, but is mixed with German.
2006-10-23 06:38:58 · answer #5 · answered by AuroraDawn 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yiddish is a combination of Hebrew, Polish and German.
2006-10-23 06:39:21 · answer #6 · answered by Awakening 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Two different languages.
HEBREW is the ancient Semitic language of what is now called Israel. And is spoken in the modern state of Israel.
YIDDISH is a composite language consisting of Hebrew and mainly German. It developed in the 17th century because of cultural contact in central Europe. It uses a combination of Hebrew and Roman alphabet.
2006-10-23 06:42:41 · answer #7 · answered by robert2020 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Oy vey mit.
2006-10-23 06:43:17 · answer #8 · answered by samssculptures 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
yes
2006-10-23 06:38:55 · answer #9 · answered by jdc591 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋