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| alexptrans Pentaglot Senior Member Israel Joined 6765 days ago 208 posts - 236 votes  Speaks: English, Modern Hebrew, Russian*, French, Arabic (Written) Studies: Icelandic | Message 9 of 15 05 June 2007 at 7:58am | IP Logged |
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I couldn't find any reputable source confirming that bit of trivia, other than the website you mentioned. Where can I read more about it?
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| zhiguli Senior Member Canada Joined 6441 days ago 176 posts - 221 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Russian, Mandarin | Message 10 of 15 05 June 2007 at 8:43am | IP Logged |
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Indeed, I wasn't able to find much either searching for "Frayland". Searching for "Freeland League" turns up more results, including this Wikipedia article that makes reference to the Freeland League and Surinam, this page in Dutch and this article about their attempts to procure land for the new Jewish (and presumably Yiddish-speaking) homeland in Australia.
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| alexptrans Pentaglot Senior Member Israel Joined 6765 days ago 208 posts - 236 votes Speaks: English, Modern Hebrew, Russian*, French, Arabic (Written) Studies: Icelandic | Message 11 of 15 05 June 2007 at 9:34am | IP Logged |
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Thanks.
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| vuisminebitz Triglot Groupie United States Joined 6574 days ago 86 posts - 108 votes Speaks: Yiddish, English*, Spanish Studies: Swahili | Message 12 of 15 16 June 2007 at 3:28pm | IP Logged |
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That's wild. I didn't know any of the history with Suriname. As far as Yiddish being an official language, it is basically ignored in Birobizhan except for cultural functions, although there are street signs in the language and a religious school or two that teach in the language. It is official as a "cultural" language along with Roma in Sweeden and Moldova. I really doubt that would do me any good as a Yiddish speaker living there (in terms of dealing with government) but its a nice gesture and at least technically puts the language above English (yeah, right!). Under the European Charter of Minority Languages a few countries had agreed to start development programs in the language, although I highly doubt that this has gone anywhere. As far as I'm concerned, Yiddish has no government support anywhere and probably never will. Furthermore, speaking Yiddish anywhere in Europe outside of Belgium and maybe parts of the UK, will get you stares and comments but that's life and that's not just Yiddish. Still, in Hungary when I saw Yiddish speakers I first mistok them for ghosts, especially the teenagers. They were all Haisids but their presence still seemed sureal, especially in the old Jewish quarter/ghetto which was undergoing gentrification at the time and had probably not seen a Jewish resident (as opposed to a tourist) since 1943.
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| vuisminebitz Triglot Groupie United States Joined 6574 days ago 86 posts - 108 votes Speaks: Yiddish, English*, Spanish Studies: Swahili | Message 13 of 15 27 July 2007 at 10:35am | IP Logged |
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I found out recently that Yiddish is receiving some government cultural
support in the Ukraine under the minority language treaty in the EU. Does anyone know anything about this? 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| William Camden Hexaglot Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 6272 days ago 1936 posts - 2333 votes Speaks: English*, German, Spanish, Russian, Turkish, French | Message 14 of 15 06 October 2007 at 12:08pm | IP Logged |
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I hear a lot of Yiddish spoken by Hasidim in the Stamford Hill district of North London. From a knowledge of German, a lot of Yiddish is comprehensible to me, though I have never studied the language as such.
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| zenmonkey Bilingual Tetraglot Senior Member Germany Joined 6552 days ago 803 posts - 1119 votes 1 sounds Speaks: EnglishC2*, Spanish*, French, German Studies: Italian, Modern Hebrew | Message 15 of 15 16 November 2007 at 5:24pm | IP Logged |
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If you are interested in Yiddish I can suggest my Aunt's method: English and Spanish to Yiddish, still spoken by an immigrant class that moved prove Poland into Mexico City in the 30s ...
http://www.arele.yiddish.com.mx/ 1 person has voted this message useful |
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