Blurb:

From Jerusalem to Johannesburg, from Baghdad to Bialystok, Jews have spoken dozens of languages. When Jews migrated for economic reasons or due to persecution or expulsion, they encountered and adopted new languages and made them their own. The two most widely known diaspora Jewish languages, Yiddish and Ladino, have been exceptionally maintained for centuries away from their original regions. While most longstanding Jewish languages have become endangered in recent decades, the ancient trend of Jewish language shifting continues.