User:Moeam5/Judendeutsch

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Judendeutsch (also known as "Jewish German" or "Hebrew German"), is a Jewish language which most of it's vocabulary is took from Old German and Occasionally from Hebrew, the language writing system is the Hebrew alphabet. German suffixes were attached to the Hebrew verbs wich were presented in the language.

The language was in use by the Jews of Germany, especially in the Frankfurt ghetto and other Jewish ghettos in Europe, till it was replaced generally with German or Yiddish.

The famous Rothschild family used to communicate in Judendeutsch, who learned the language in the ghetto of Frankfurt. Judendeutsch was the mother tongue of Moses Mendelsohn and even was mentioned in several passages of his books.


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