Re: yiddish language decline?

[Dan Peck <danpeck...>]

I guess no one has informed the Chassidic community who continue to 
speak this "dead" language as part of their daily lives.

>Hi. Yesterday afternoon I heard a story on NPR (an introduction before the
>Yiddish Radio Project that starts broadcasting today) about the decline of
>Yiddish. A linguist (I forgot his name) stated that even though many
>students are studying the language at universities around the planet (even
>in Germany and Poland) and that there is additional interest attributed to
>the growing popularity of klezmer music there is still such a decline in
>yiddish usage that it's considered a dying language.
>
>Does that sound about right?
>
>I'm a bit surpised that it would be considered "dying" because there seems
>to be so much conscientious effort towards preservation.

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