From: VBCoen@gmail.com   
      
       
      
       
   >> The only comparable thing that I can think of is Yiddish, which I   
    >>> gather (corrections welcome) is similar to German but written in   
    >>> Hebrew characters using the Hebrew pronunciation of those   
    >>> characters.   
    >>   
    >> Actually it is closer to low German, which is in general not a   
    >> written language at all, so using Hebrew characters makes as much   
    >> sense as using latin letters. Ie, it was a spoken, not written   
    >> language.   
      
   I think some clarification is needed here:   
      
   Yiddish is as you specify written in Ivrit or (Hebrew) however it is NOT   
   German!   
      
   It is actually a lauguage born from a multitude of laguages but still with   
   a hebrew core based around Polish, Russian, Germanic, and quite a few   
   others.   
      
   It is a spoken and a written language and there are newspapers printed in   
   the language available in parts of the USA, UK, Israel and other   
   countries, and no, my yiddish has gone, now that the older generation that   
   used it in my extended family have passed on and I have had no one to   
   speak it to but there are a few places in London (UK) that use it and I am   
   sure plenty of others outside.   
      
   It was formed to allow jews from many countries to cmmunicate prior to   
   modern Israel where Ivrit is the language. Ivrit like Hebrew uses the same   
   characters but with NO vowels. Yep, just look at any text and remove   
   them and it does show you how well you need to learn words and their   
   formation.   
      
      
   Oh, as an extra Yiddish, is also used online in newsletters etc.   
      
   Vince   
      
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