User:SPLL/Yiddish

Origins of the Yiddish Dialect
The modern/standard version of Yiddish is comprised of 3 major eastern European dialects of Yiddish, they are consistent of Mideastern Yiddish (Polish), Southeastern Yiddish (Ukrainian), and Northeastern Yiddish (Polish).

Yiddish Alphabet and Spelling
Because Yiddish is written in the Hebrew alphabet, it is written from right to left. The Yiddish language also has two spelling spelling systems associated with it with the main spelling system being the phonetic system and the other system being the traditional system. Since the majority of the language is in the phonetic system, this means that for each letter in the Yiddish alphabet there is usually a single sound that corresponds to it, however there are exceptions where this doesn't happen.

Yiddish Grammar
Yiddish grammar can vary slightly depending on the dialect. The main article focuses on standard form of Yiddish grammar while also acknowledging some dialectal differences. Yiddish grammar has similarities to the German grammar system, as well as grammatical elements from Hebrew and other Slavic languages.

Yiddish IPA chart
The voiced uvular fricative /ʁ/ is missing on the IPA chart about consonants.

Vowels
The realization of stressed vowels is where the main phonetic distinctions across the different dialects are found. Long and short vowels are not separated in Yiddish. Stressed vowels are about the same length. Compared to their English equivalents, they are located closer to the peripheral locations of the cardinal vowels in the vocal tract.

Negation
Within the Yiddish dialect are negators, which are negatives within a sentence that have no objects or predicate nouns. The negators are כיט and כישט with כי(ש)ט only being stressed when the emphasis of it is required with its position in the sentence.