Language profiles in Manchester
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Yiddish
Language | Yiddish |
Language name transliterated | yidish/idish |
Language name original script | יידיש ,אידיש |
Distribution | North America, Israel, Europe |
Estimated number of speakers worldwide | 500,000 |
Language classification | Indo-European; West Germanic |
Related to which languages | German, Dutch |
Distinctive features in sounds | |
Distinctive features in grammar | |
Writing system | Hebrew script |
Distinctive graphemes | בֿ ײַ פֿ |
Status | vernacular and (alongside Hebrew) written language of Haredi (Orthodox) Ashkenazi Jewish communities |
Number of persons identifying as “main language” in England & Wales (Census 2011) | 3,987 |
Number of persons identifying as “main language” in Greater Manchester (Census 2011) | 476 |
Number of persons identifying as “main language” in City of Manchester (Census (Census 2011) | 5 |
Number of persons identifying as “main language” in Greater Manchester as percentage of total in England & Wales (Census 2011) | 12% |
Number of persons identifying as “main language” in City of Manchester as percentage of total in England & Wales (Census 2011) | 0.1% |
Proficiency in English, self-reported in City of Manchester (Census 2011) | Data not available. |
Distribution in City of Manchester (Census 2011) | Harpurhey (2), Whalley Range (2), Fallowfield (1) |
Distribution in Greater Manchester
(Census 2011) |
Salford (464), Bury (6), Trafford (1) |
First language of pupils in Manchester schools (2015) | 1 |
Distribution in City of Manchester schools (2015) | Irk Valley Community (1) |
Total interpreter requests in Manchester’s GP practices (2014/2015) | 0 |
Library loans | 0 |
Library acquisitions | 0 |
M-4 interpreter requests | 0 |
Dialects of the language used in Manchester | Polish, Lithuanian (Litvak) |
Other home language common among speakers | Hebrew |
Supplementary schools | Medium of instruction in Haredi Jewish schools |