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memphis
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« on: August 01, 2014, 11:59:59 AM »
If we're including Mennonites, we need to include the Hasidic Yiddish speakers too.
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« Reply #1 on: August 02, 2014, 02:44:43 PM »
Quote from: ingemann on August 01, 2014, 12:24:20 PM
Quote from: memphis on August 01, 2014, 11:59:59 AM
If we're including Mennonites, we need to include the Hasidic Yiddish speakers too.

Mennonites may speak as distinct dialects of German as Yiddish are, but they use standard German as their written language, which is what count in the end.
I disagree. Speech is what makes a language. Writing is merely a representation.
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