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Yiddish is a Germanic language with about three million speakers, mainly Ashkenazic Jews, in the USA, Israel, Russia, Ukraine and many other countries. The name Yiddish is probably an abbreviated version of ייִדיש־טײַטש (yidish-taytsh), which means "Jewish German".
Transliteration in Yiddish alphabet of English text on bus stop signs in Kiryas Joel, New York. This is completely unpointed; for example stop is written סטאפ rather than סטאָפּ. There are several areas in which Yiddish orthographic practice varies.
Translate from English to Yiddish online - a free and easy-to-use translation tool. Simply enter your text, and Yandex Translate will provide you with a quick and accurate translation in seconds.
Practice Reading in Yiddish. Follow the text with the help of audio recordings. Exercises to help you learn the alef-beys—the Yiddish alphabet—from alef to sof.
This page contains a course in the Yiddish Alphabet, pronunciation and sound of each letter as well as a list of other lessons in grammar topics and common expressions in Yiddish.
A Yiddish alphabet chart, for quick reference. You can download a pdf of the chart at the bottom of the page. You can click on each letter to hear the letter name and pronounciation. Vowels, consonants, final forms of letters, and letters that only appear in words of Hebrew origin are each marked with separate color. א. shtumer alef / silent.
This page will teach both Yiddish as it's spelled in the Hebrew alphabet, and YIVO (Jewish Research Institute) Yiddish transliteration, which we will use in our course. We use it because it has become a standardized way of spelling Yiddish, so it's clear how to pronounce things.
