Language

Western Yiddish

Western Yiddish is a language in the Indo-European family spoken in 7 countries.

Complete Bible

Scripture in Western Yiddish

A complete Bible is reported in Western Yiddish.

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

Read the Bible with EveryBible

EveryBible is a free Bible app for iPhone and Android. Its library grows as translations and recordings are published, so open the app to see what is available in Western Yiddish.

Download on the App StoreGet it on Google Play

Get the app for this phone

Where Western Yiddish is spoken

  • Belgium
  • France
  • Germany
  • Hungary
  • Israel
  • Netherlands
  • Switzerland

See Western Yiddish on the language map

About Western Yiddish

Part of
Yiddish (ISO 639-3 macrolanguage)
Language family
Indo-European
ISO 639-3 code
yih
Glottocode
west2361
Also known as
Yiddish, Western · Yiddish, Western: Northwestern Yiddish

Dialects and varieties 3

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

  • Yiddish, Western: Midwestern YiddishNo known Scripture
  • Yiddish, Western: Northwestern YiddishNo known Scripture
  • Yiddish, Western: Southwestern YiddishNo 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.