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== 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.
* 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)
* 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


The Ăn Cayzăn  standard was
The Ăn Cayzăn  standard was