Verse:Irta/Judeo-Mandarin: Difference between revisions
| Line 260: | Line 260: | ||
== Dialects == | == Dialects == | ||
Ăn Yidiș dialects differ in accent, grammar and vocabulary. One major grammatical difference by dialect is in case marking: | Ăn Yidiș dialects differ in accent, grammar and vocabulary. One major grammatical difference by dialect is in case marking: | ||
* in Southeastern (e.g. Bohemian) Ăn Yidiș, the genitive inherited from Old Irish marks ''definite'' direct objects (like in Scottish Gaelic) | * in Southeastern (e.g. Bohemian) Ăn Yidiș, the genitive inherited from Old Irish marks ''definite'' direct objects (like in Scottish Gaelic when using verbal nouns) | ||
* in the Italian dialect the genitive marks ''animate'' direct objects (cf. Slavic animate masculine vs inanimate masculine nouns) | * in the Italian dialect the genitive marks ''animate'' direct objects (cf. Slavic animate masculine vs inanimate masculine nouns) | ||
* Northern (Baltic) Ăn Yidiș has had no case, gender or animacy since the late 18th century at the latest; this is often chalked up to Uralic influence | * Northern (Baltic) Ăn Yidiș has had no case, gender or animacy since the late 18th century at the latest; this is often chalked up to Uralic influence | ||