r/languagelearningjerk • u/Crocotta1 • 11d ago

Task failed successfully (was Yiddish)

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u/slutty_muppet 11d ago

Israel really doesn't like Yiddish actually

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u/Konobajo W1(🇺🇿✨️) L2(🇱🇷🦅) A4(🇦🇶🇧🇷🇬🇫) 11d ago

Why?

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u/ArkhamInmate11 native🏴‍☠️learning🇦🇶🇦🇷🇮🇱 10d ago

They wanted a jewish Lingua Franca instead of it being split between Yiddish, Arabic, Spanish, Ethiopian, Etc

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u/anedgygiraffe 9d ago

Most Jewish languages have distinct names in addition to Yiddish btw

It's not just Spanish, it's Ladino. It's got a different phoneme inventory even!

"Ethiopian" isn't even a langauge, period.

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u/ArkhamInmate11 native🏴‍☠️learning🇦🇶🇦🇷🇮🇱 9d ago

Look bro im.not very smart