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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.
- Yiddish Vowel Names
Yiddish Vowel Names - Learn the Yiddish Alphabet - Yiddish...
- An Alef-beys Chart
A Yiddish alphabet chart, for quick reference. You can...
- Practice Reading in Yiddish
Learn Learn the Alef-beys—the Yiddish Alphabet. Listen to...
- Yiddish Alphabet Video
Yiddish Alphabet Video. Learn Learn the Alef-beys —the...
- Look-alike Letters
Look-alike Letters - Learn the Yiddish Alphabet - Yiddish...
- How to Use These Pages
Practice reading the individual letters with the color-coded...
- Final Forms of Yiddish Letters
Some letters in the Yiddish alphabet have two forms—one that...
- Yiddish Letters With Identical Pronunciations
Yiddish Letters With Identical Pronunciations - Learn the...
- Yiddish Vowel Names
In the traditional Yiddish orthographies where these letters are not pointed, the vowel is indicated by preceding it with a shtumer alef (reducing the use of which was a major focus of the normative efforts).
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.
Yiddish Alphabet Video. Learn Learn the Alef-beys —the Yiddish Alphabet. In this video, you'll see Yiddish letters in both print and cursive forms, with accompanying audio that provides the names of the letters and the sounds they make.
The Yiddish alphabet - Der yiddisher alef-beys. Contents: Chart of the alphabet, phonetic charts, dialect differences in the vowel system, selected references.
The Yiddish alphabet as taught by https://www.yiddishbookcenter.org/language-literature-culture/learn-yiddish-alphabet/alef-beys-chart. Has cards for each letter's name and pronunciation with sound and IPA, as well as prompts for handwriting each letter.
The Yiddish language is written using the Hebrew alphabet, or the alef-beys. If you are unfamiliar with the alef-beys, your first step should be to become familiar with the letters. Use the resources below to learn the Yiddish alef-beys and get started reading and writing in Yiddish.