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Karlens delightfully engaging, sometimes irreverent history of the Yiddish language chronologically charts the language from its beginnings as a minor dialect in 11th-century France to its unlikely revival and electrifying 21st-century renaissance.
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The Story of Yiddish : How a Mish-Mosh of Languages Saved the Jews, Neal Karlen
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- Released
- 2008
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- Language
- English
- Authors
- Neal Karlen
- Publisher
- William Morrow
- Released
- 2008
- Format
- Hardcover
- ISBN10
- 006083711x
- ISBN13
- 9780060837112
- Series
- Tags
- Non-Fiction, Social Sciences, Historical Themes, History, Religion & Spirituality, Religious Topics, Religion, Languages, Linguistics, Jews, Jewish Literature, Judaism
- Rating
- 3 out of 5
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- Karlens delightfully engaging, sometimes irreverent history of the Yiddish language chronologically charts the language from its beginnings as a minor dialect in 11th-century France to its unlikely revival and electrifying 21st-century renaissance.