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I’ve only heard Yiddish in movies and TV. To my ears, it does have a Bavarian flavor, but also lots of surprising stuff that you wouldn’t have in Bavarian. For
by canjobear 6y ago
I’ve only heard Yiddish in movies and TV. To my ears, it does have a Bavarian flavor, but also lots of surprising stuff that you wouldn’t have in Bavarian. For example the vowel that would be long /o:/ in most German dialects comes out in Yiddish as /oi/.
- Hublium 6y agoI'm being a bit of a smartass here, but in some areas of Upper Austria (part of the Bavarian language area), the MHG long "o" is pronounced as "oi". https://media04.meinbezirk.at/article/2013/01/14/7/5943487_XXL.jpg?1561467254 https://media04.meinbezirk.at/article/2013/01/14/7/5943487_X...
- canjobear 6y agoHaha, I was expecting someone would tell me that it does happen somewhere deep in Austria. Cool map!