Language

Eastern Yiddish

Eastern Yiddish is a language in the Indo-European family spoken in 23 countries.

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Scripture in Eastern Yiddish

A complete Bible is reported in Eastern Yiddish.

From the Every Language research atlas and its sources. “No known Scripture” means none is recorded in those sources, not that none exists.

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Where Eastern Yiddish is spoken

  • Argentina
  • Australia
  • Belarus
  • Belgium
  • Canada
  • Costa Rica
  • Estonia
  • France
  • Hungary
  • Israel
  • Latvia
  • Lithuania
  • Moldova
  • Panama
  • Poland
  • Puerto Rico
  • Romania
  • Russia
  • South Africa
  • Sweden
  • Ukraine
  • United States
  • Uruguay

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About Eastern Yiddish

Part of
Yiddish (ISO 639-3 macrolanguage)
Language family
Indo-European
ISO 639-3 code
ydd
Glottocode
east2295
Also known as
Yiddish, Eastern · Yiddish, Eastern: Northeastern

Dialects and varieties 15

Each variety shows Scripture recorded for that exact variety; it may differ from Eastern Yiddish as a whole.

  • Bessarabian YiddishNo known Scripture
  • Czech YiddishNo known Scripture
  • LitvishNo known Scripture
  • Lodz YiddishNo known Scripture
  • Mideastern YiddishNo known Scripture
  • Northeastern YiddishNo known Scripture
  • Northern Ukraine YiddishNo known Scripture
  • Nuclear Eastern YiddishNo known Scripture
  • PoylishNo known Scripture
  • Southeastern YiddishNo known Scripture
  • UkrainishNo known Scripture
  • Western Galician YiddishNo known Scripture
  • Yiddish, Eastern: MideasternNo known Scripture
  • Yiddish, Eastern: NortheasternNo known Scripture
  • Yiddish, Eastern: SoutheasternNo known Scripture

Sources

  • DIALECTS source registryDIALECTS research collection · Each original source retains its own terms
  • GlottologHammarström, Forkel, Haspelmath & Bank, Glottolog 5.3 · CC BY 4.0
  • Data provided by Joshua ProjectData provided by Joshua Project · Noncommercial missions research and educational use
  • Every Language mapEvery Language and its attributed source providers · Owner-authorized publication; upstream terms retained

Atlas data as of 2026-09-05. Joshua Project data is used with permission for noncommercial ministry research and education. Glottolog data: CC BY 4.0. Macrolanguage membership: ISO 639-3 code tables, iso639-3.sil.org.