Writing Systems

YiddishinHebrew

yid·HebrAbjadRTLMultiple-source attestation (MAIN)

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Yiddish: character repertoire and typing resources

CLDR 48.0.0 lists these exemplar characters for locale yi in Hebrew. This is a repertoire, not an ordered alphabet, pronunciation guide or claim about official usage.

This code is a macrolanguage. The locale repertoire does not establish coverage for every constituent language or variety.

Why this locale matches this record

Pinned CLDR overlong language-code alias (not a deprecated-code or variety substitution)

Pinned CLDR likelySubtags entry yi → yi-Hebr-UA; identifies this locale's default convention, not a language-wide usage ranking

Pinned commit: 4d06be52b51bb2f75688d0abe55c52a66afed790. Source SHA-256: 50b700f2851c654d6fea3d09e2d5769df571ad07098157f4a7a17120d15bc1bd.

A cell can contain a combining mark or a multi-character string. Its inspection link opens the first code point; it does not imply the sequence is one encoded character.

Additional exemplar characters

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How can I type and display this language?

Search Keyman keyboards for Yiddish. Check the keyboard’s language, platform, layout and licence before installing.

Find a Noto font for Hebrew or browse SIL fonts. These are discovery links, not verified support claims for this orthography. Glyph coverage alone does not guarantee shaping or language support.

Language-specific running-text sample: not yet available in this record. Characters above come from the cited repertoire, not a generated translation.

Source: CLDR 48.0.0, yi characters · Unicode Licence v3 · retrieved 2026-10-28. Methodology and limitations.

Language
ISO 639-3yidStatusLivingScopeMacrolanguageScripts used2
Also written in:
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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