Yiddish, Eastern

• Alternate names: Judeo-German, Yiddish Also: in Latvia -- Judeo-German
• Scriptures published: Bible (1821--1936) New Testament (1821--1950) Old Testament (1678--1936) Portions (1544--1939)
• Literacy: No information available.
• Primary country: Israel
• Region: Southeastern dialect in Ukraine and Romania, Mideastern dialect in Poland and Hungary, Northeastern dialect in Lithuania and Belarus
• Also used in: Argentina, Australia, Belarus, Belgium, Canada, Costa Rica, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Republic of Moldova, Panama, Poland, Puerto Rico, Romania, Russian Federation, South Africa, Sweden, Ukraine, United States, Uruguay
• Religion: Jewish
• Status: Language of recognized nationality in Moldova; Language of recognized nationality in Romania; Language of recognized nationality in Sweden
• Number of users: 1,505,030 (215,000 in Israel (1986); 800 in Latvia)

(data from Ethnologue and other sources)

Scripture

• Faith Comes by Hearing:
• Watch The JESUS Film in Yiddish, Eastern
• Forum of Bible Agencies International: Find a Bible in Yiddish, Eastern
• World Bibles: all known Scripture available in Yiddish, Eastern on the web
• Joshua Project: Yiddish, Eastern — facts and resources

Other

• ScriptSource: writing systems of the world
• Ethnologue entry for Yiddish, Eastern — detailed linguistic information.