The Jewish language Yiddish is based on which other language ?
Yiddish Yiddish Yiddish (, or , "yidish"/"idish", "Jewish", ; in older sources ייִדיש-טײַטש "Yidish-Taitsh", Judaeo-German) is the historical language of the Ashkenazi Jews. It originated during the 9th century in Central Europe, providing the nascent Ashkenazi community with a High German-based vernacular fused with elements taken from Hebrew and Aramaic as well as from Slavic languages and traces of Romance languages. Yiddish is written with a fully vocalized version of the Hebrew alphabet. The earliest surviving references date from the 12th century and call the language ("loshn-ashknaz", "language of Ashkenaz") or ("taytsh"), a variant of "tiutsch", the contemporary name for Middle
California Institute for Yiddish Culture and Language California Institute for Yiddish Culture and Language The California Institute for Yiddish Culture and Language (CYCL) started in 1999 and serves as a multi-generational center for the teaching, promotion, celebration and learning of Yiddish in all of its embodiments, with an emphasis on the arts and other areas that influence the cultural formations that inform its existence. The institute owes its establishment to Miriam Koral, who is the Founding Director, and who, as a Yiddish instructor at UCLA and native Yiddish speaker, created the center and community that brings world-renowned Yiddish authors, playwrights, musicians, poets, artists and others to the