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== Dialects ==

Ăn Yidiș ~~is diglossic. Thus the life of an Ăn Yidiș-speaking Jew may involve four "languages" (Abstandsprachen): Hebrew, Aramaic, standard Ăn Yidiș~~, and ~~spoken Ăn Yidiș (more if interacting with speakers of other languages)~~.

Ăn Yidiș dialects differ in accent, grammar and vocabulary.

The Ăn Căyzăn standard was

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* vocabulary-wise, it's a koinéized mixture of different dialects, with the addition of some cognatized Irish words.

The Ăn Căyzăn accent has ~~never~~ been a natively spoken accent of Ăn Yidiș. Formal written Ăn Yidiș, which is used e.g. in novels, newspapers, or communal records, follows Ăn Căyzăn closely, but most speakers speak another variety and read the formal written language in their native accent. Ăn Căyzăn is also used when speakers of different Ăn Yidiș dialects speak with each other or when you don't know what ~~dialect the other person speaks.~~ The most common spoken dialects today are Ballmer and Bohemian dialects.

The Ăn Căyzăn accent has not been a natively spoken accent of Ăn Yidiș before. Formal written Ăn Yidiș, which is used e.g. in novels, newspapers, or communal records, follows Ăn Căyzăn closely, but most speakers speak another variety and read the formal written language in their native accent. Ăn Căyzăn is also used when speakers of different Ăn Yidiș dialects speak with each other or when you don't know what The most common spoken dialects today are Ballmer and Bohemian dialects (mainly spoken in Haredi communities) and Modern Ăn Căyzon (spoken by secular Ăn Yidiș speakers).

The inherited Gaelic vocabulary of Ăn Yidiș has historically been extremely dialectally uniform, because Ăn Yidiș arose from a founder event and spread rapidly over a wide area. Historically, Ăn Yidiș dialects mainly differed in accent, syntax, function words, and vocabulary (what Semitic and other loanwords are used).

==== Modern Ăn Căyzăn ====

The variety taught to most learners. Close to the original Ăn Căyzăn accent, but ''r'' is an alveolar or retroflex approximant (more like Hiberno-English r than American r) and there's Swedish-style retroflexion: נאַך אפֿשר לעט ''nach efșăr led'' [naχ efʃə ɭet] 'can't you?'

The language of secular Ăn Yidiș culture and the variety taught to most learners. Close to the original Ăn Căyzăn accent, but ''r'' is an alveolar or retroflex approximant (more like Hiberno-English r than American r) and there's Swedish-style retroflexion: נאַך אפֿשר לעט ''nach efșăr led'' [naχ efʃə ɭet] 'can't you?'

==== Bohemian Hasidic Ăn Yidiș (Southeastern) ====

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 == Dialects ==
-Ăn Yidiș is diglossic. Thus the life of an Ăn Yidiș-speaking Jew may involve four "languages" (Abstandsprachen): Hebrew, Aramaic, standard Ăn Yidiș, and spoken Ăn Yidiș (more if interacting with speakers of other languages).
+Ăn Yidiș dialects differ in accent, grammar and vocabulary.
 The Ăn Căyzăn standard was
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 * vocabulary-wise, it's a koinéized mixture of different dialects, with the addition of some cognatized Irish words.
-The Ăn Căyzăn accent has never been a natively spoken accent of Ăn Yidiș. Formal written Ăn Yidiș, which is used e.g. in novels, newspapers, or communal records, follows Ăn Căyzăn closely, but most speakers speak another variety and read the formal written language in their native accent. Ăn Căyzăn is also used when speakers of different Ăn Yidiș dialects speak with each other or when you don't know what dialect the other person speaks. The most common spoken dialects today are Ballmer and Bohemian dialects.
+The Ăn Căyzăn accent has not been a natively spoken accent of Ăn Yidiș before. Formal written Ăn Yidiș, which is used e.g. in novels, newspapers, or communal records, follows Ăn Căyzăn closely, but most speakers speak another variety and read the formal written language in their native accent. Ăn Căyzăn is also used when speakers of different Ăn Yidiș dialects speak with each other or when you don't know what The most common spoken dialects today are Ballmer and Bohemian dialects (mainly spoken in Haredi communities) and Modern Ăn Căyzon (spoken by secular Ăn Yidiș speakers).
 The inherited Gaelic vocabulary of Ăn Yidiș has historically been extremely dialectally uniform, because Ăn Yidiș arose from a founder event and spread rapidly over a wide area. Historically, Ăn Yidiș dialects mainly differed in accent, syntax, function words, and vocabulary (what Semitic and other loanwords are used).
 ==== Modern Ăn Căyzăn ====
-The variety taught to most learners. Close to the original Ăn Căyzăn accent, but ''r'' is an alveolar or retroflex approximant (more like Hiberno-English r than American r) and there's Swedish-style retroflexion: נאַך אפֿשר לעט ''nach efșăr led'' [naχ efʃə ɭet] 'can't you?'
+The language of secular Ăn Yidiș culture and the variety taught to most learners. Close to the original Ăn Căyzăn accent, but ''r'' is an alveolar or retroflex approximant (more like Hiberno-English r than American r) and there's Swedish-style retroflexion: נאַך אפֿשר לעט ''nach efșăr led'' [naχ efʃə ɭet] 'can't you?'
 ==== Bohemian Hasidic Ăn Yidiș (Southeastern) ====