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Reddit mentions of Der Hobit, oder, Ahin un Vider Tsurik: The Hobbit in Yiddish (Yiddish Edition)
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We found 1 Reddit mentions of Der Hobit, oder, Ahin un Vider Tsurik: The Hobbit in Yiddish (Yiddish Edition). Here are the top ones.
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| Number of items | 1 |
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Check out this article for a beginning: https://books.google.de/books?id=SOF7m2m3AXcC&pg=PA43&lpg=PA43&dq=Khuzdul+Hebrew&source=bl&ots=EfTPPM7ME6&sig=WrL_HLCEkS3mbZDCo6Y4wyLqOUA&hl=en&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=Khuzdul%20Hebrew&f=false
Moreover, Tolkien noted that Dwarves and Jews both were "at once natives and aliens in their habitations, speaking the languages of the country, but with an accent due to their own private tongue" (Letter 176). That accent I take to be Yiddish. Imagine Thórin Oakenshield talking like that!
BTW, I just found to my surprise that there is a Yiddish translation of The Hobbit! https://www.amazon.de/Hobit-oder-Ahin-Vider-Tsurik/dp/1782011196