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		bodhiandphysics on April 3, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: How much Polish is there in Yiddish and how much Y... Shockingly few given that 10% of the population was Jewish!

randomreplies on April 4, 2021 [–]

10%? 2.4% in america[1] today, 0.2% world pop [2]

numbers from wikipedia

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Jews [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jews

CoffeeOnWrite on April 4, 2021 | [–]

I think parent comment was referring to Polish.

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