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Re: Yiddish and Swiss German

	Quote:	Horta
	Interesting discussion. I recently saw "a serious man" by the Coen Brothers, and the movie starts with about 15 minutes of Yiddish and I too was amazed by its similarities with Swiss German (at least on the matter of prononciation).

I loved that movie.

One of the most interesting discussions yet in regards to languages. I thought that Yiddish, like Swiss German, was an unwritten language
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