Jewish English languages are varieties of English that include significant amounts of
vocabularyA person's vocabulary is the set of words they are familiar with in a language. A vocabulary usually grows and evolves with age, and serves as a useful and fundamental tool for communication and acquiring knowledge.- Knowing and using a word :...
and
syntaxIn linguistics, syntax is the study of the principles and rules for constructing sentences in natural languages...
taken from Yiddish, and both classical and modern Hebrew. They are typified by
YeshivishYeshivish refers to dialects spoken by those who have attended a Yeshiva. Yeshivish is the primary vehicle of spoken communication in many Yeshivas.-Definition:...
and
YinglishYinglish words are neologisms created by speakers of Yiddish in English-speaking countries, sometimes to describe things that were uncommon in the old country...
, as well as more flexible mixtures of English and other
Jewish languagesJewish languages are a set of languages and dialects that developed in various Jewish communities around the world, more notably in Europe, West Asia, and North Africa. The usual course of development for these languages was through the addition of Hebrew words and phrases, used to express...
, which may contain elements from languages other than those already mentioned.
The classification Jewish English eliminates need for concern with correctly recognizing the specific origin of the non-English components of any such variant.
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Jewish English languages are varieties of English that include significant amounts of
vocabularyA person's vocabulary is the set of words they are familiar with in a language. A vocabulary usually grows and evolves with age, and serves as a useful and fundamental tool for communication and acquiring knowledge.- Knowing and using a word :...
and
syntaxIn linguistics, syntax is the study of the principles and rules for constructing sentences in natural languages...
taken from Yiddish, and both classical and modern Hebrew. They are typified by
YeshivishYeshivish refers to dialects spoken by those who have attended a Yeshiva. Yeshivish is the primary vehicle of spoken communication in many Yeshivas.-Definition:...
and
YinglishYinglish words are neologisms created by speakers of Yiddish in English-speaking countries, sometimes to describe things that were uncommon in the old country...
, as well as more flexible mixtures of English and other
Jewish languagesJewish languages are a set of languages and dialects that developed in various Jewish communities around the world, more notably in Europe, West Asia, and North Africa. The usual course of development for these languages was through the addition of Hebrew words and phrases, used to express...
, which may contain elements from languages other than those already mentioned.
The classification Jewish English eliminates need for concern with correctly recognizing the specific origin of the non-English components of any such variant. This offsets, for example, misperceptions that can result from failure to note the Hebrew origin of a word that may have become widely known in anglophone contexts via Yiddish, and is therefore simply regarded as Yiddish. (This problem is illustrated in the
list of English words of Yiddish origin.)
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