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I think calling something a Germanic language is a bit different to calling it a German language. I completely agree with your point about a "Germanic language
by eigenket 2y ago
I think calling something a Germanic language is a bit different to calling it a German language.
I completely agree with your point about a "Germanic language" but I disagree about "a German language".
- tokai 2y agoIt developed from High German with elements of Aramaic and Hebrew, in the area we would now call west Germany. The only way it's not a German language is if you deny the historic and linguistic roots of the language.
- eigenket 2y agoIt did not develop exclusively from high German, as I wrote before and it was geographically widespread enough for clear Eastern vs Western dialects to emerge: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yiddish_dialects#Eastern_Yiddish https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yiddish_dialects#Eastern_Yiddi... Rather than existing "in the area we would now call west Germany" as you would like to believe for some reason. Eastern Yiddish in particular is much more than "a German language" (unless you want to call Polish a German language as well).