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Eastern YiddishinHebrew

ydd·HebrAbjadRTLMultiple-source attestation (MAIN)

GlotScript records this relationship through multiple-source attestation. Present-day usage, official status, region and dates are unknown here unless separately sourced. How to interpret the evidence.

Language
ISO 639-3yddStatusLivingScopeIndividualScripts used1
Script
ISO 15924HebrFamilySemitic / PhoenicianOriginMiddle EastDirectionRight-to-leftStatusLiving scriptOpenType taghebr

Derived from the Aramaic abjad (which itself descended from Phoenician). Used for Hebrew and Yiddish. Written right-to-left. Optional vowel points (niqqud) and cantillation marks (te'amim).

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