| Kenneth G. Wilson (1923–). The Columbia Guide to Standard American English. 1993. |
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| is a Germanic language spoken by Jews from eastern Europe. It is written in the Hebrew alphabet, and its vocabulary contains words from German, Russian, Hebrew, Polish, and English, among others. The name itself comes from the German word jüdisch, which means “Jewish.” Ladino is a Romance language with Hebrew borrowings that the Sephardic Jews use, especially in the Balkans. It’s sometimes called Judeo-Spanish, but it has not had the impact in the United States that Yiddish has had. | 1 |
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| | | The Columbia Guide to Standard American English. Copyright © 1993 Columbia University Press. |
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