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  • Algerian Jewish Sign Language (AJSL), also known as Ghardaia Sign Language, is a moribund village sign language originally of Ghardaïa, Algeria that is...
    3 KB (173 words) - 12:43, 10 July 2024
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    Medieval Hebrew was a literary and liturgical language that existed between the 4th and 19th century. It was not commonly used as a spoken language, but...
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  • Lachoudisch was a dialect of German, containing many Hebrew and Yiddish words, native to the Bavarian town of Schopfloch. It was created in the sixteenth...
    2 KB (70 words) - 02:32, 23 September 2023
  • Hebrew orthography includes three types of diacritics: Niqqud in Hebrew is the way to indicate vowels, which are omitted in modern orthography, using a...
    20 KB (1,006 words) - 21:56, 22 September 2023
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    Ben-Zeev (Hebrew: בן זאב) may refer to: Aaron Ben-Ze'ev (born 1949), Israeli philosopher and President of the University of Haifa Judah Leib Ben-Ze'ev...
    601 bytes (112 words) - 03:02, 19 December 2023
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    The war of the languages (Hebrew: מלחמת השפות; Milhemet HaSafot) was a heated debate in the land of Israel over the language of instruction in the country's...
    4 KB (381 words) - 02:13, 26 February 2024
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    Toledano (Hebrew: טולדנו, Ladino: טולידאנו) is a family name derived from the city of Toledo, Spain. Bearers of the name can be found mainly in Spanish-speaking...
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  • Peleg is a masculine given name, and occasional surname. Historically, Peleg was one of the two sons of Eber, the ancestor of the Hebrews. The Hebrew meaning...
    2 KB (217 words) - 13:55, 26 December 2023
  • Rita is the 1986 debut album of Israeli singer Rita Yahan-Farouz. It went quadruple platinum and established her as a popular singer in Israel. Following...
    1 KB (94 words) - 01:50, 22 September 2023