Editing Yiddish (section)

== Language examples ==
[[File:WIKITONGUES- Suri speaking Yiddish.webm|thumb|Example video of native Yiddish speaker talking in the Yiddish language (with English-translated subtitles)]]
The following is a short example of the Yiddish language written in both the Hebrew and Latin scripts with English and [[standard German]] for comparison.

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|+ Article 1 of the [[Universal Declaration of Human Rights]]
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!scope="col"| Language
!scope="col"| Text
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!scope="row"| '''English'''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ohchr.org/EN/UDHR/Pages/Language.aspx?LangID=eng|title=OHCHR English|author=OHCHR|website=www.ohchr.org|access-date=April 3, 2019}}</ref>
| All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood.
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!scope="row"| '''Yiddish'''<ref name="ohchr yiddish">{{cite web|url=https://www.ohchr.org/EN/UDHR/Pages/Language.aspx?LangID=ydd|title=OHCHR Yiddish|author=OHCHR|website=www.ohchr.org|access-date=April 3, 2019}}</ref>
| {{rtl-para|yi|יעדער מענטש װערט געבױרן פֿרײַ און גלײַך אין כּבֿוד און רעכט. יעדער װערט באַשאָנקן מיט פֿאַרשטאַנד און געװיסן; יעדער זאָל זיך פֿירן מיט אַ צװײטן אין אַ געמיט פֿון ברודערשאַפֿט.}}
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!scope="row"| '''Yiddish''' '''(transliteration)'''
| {{Lang|yi-Latn|yeder mentsh vert geboyrn fray un glaykh in koved un rekht. yeder vert bashonkn mit farshtand un gevisn; yeder zol zikh firn mit a tsveytn in a gemit fun brudershaft.}}
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!scope="row"| '''German with wording and word order as close to the Yiddish version as possible'''
| {{lang|de|Jeder Mensch wird geboren, frei und gleich in Ehre und Recht. Jeder wird beschenkt, mit Verstand und Gewissen; Jeder soll sich führen, miteinander im Gemüt von Bruderschaft.}}
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!scope="row"| '''Official German version'''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ohchr.org/en/udhr/pages/Language.aspx?LangID=ger|title=OHCHR German|author=OHCHR|website=www.ohchr.org|access-date=April 3, 2019}}</ref>
| {{lang|de|Alle Menschen sind frei und gleich an Würde und Rechten geboren. Sie sind mit Vernunft und Gewissen begabt und sollen einander im Geist der Brüderlichkeit begegnen.}}
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!Hebrew<ref>{{Cite web |title=UDHR in Afroasiatic languages |url=https://www.omniglot.com/udhr/afroasiatic.htm#semitic |access-date=2023-12-18 |website=www.omniglot.com}}</ref>                                     
|כל בני האדם נולדו בני חורין ושווים בערכם ובזכויותיהם. כולם חוננו בתבונה ובמצפון, לפיכך חובה עליהם לנהוג איש ברעהו ברוח של אחווה
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!Hebrew (transliteration)     
|''kol benei ha'adam noldu benei khorin veshavim be'erkam uvizkhuyoteihem. Kulam khonenu bitevuna uvematspun, lefikhakh chova 'aleihem linhog ish bere'ehu beruakh shel akhava.''
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