Most respondents had no previous experience with Haredi Yiddish culture or language. Many respondents have studied other languages, with almost a third studying 3 or more other languages on Duolingo. A variety of European countries and several other countries around the world were also represented. Most respondents lived in the United States, with the United Kingdom and Canada being the second and third most common country. Israel: 3 Jerusalem, Palestine: 1 Hong Kong: 1 Australia: 5, India: 1 Brazil: 3.1-3 responses from 14 other European countries.Where do you live? (city and/or country) (299 responses) The respondents skewed younger than typical In geveb surveys. Quotes have been edited for capitalization, abbreviations, and typos. I have also slightly changed the order of the questions and omitted redundant information. Sometimes when comments discuss a topic relevant to a different question, I have quoted the response in a different section of my analysis. I excluded outlier responses in order to improve graph clarity. Other questions (specified below) called for only written answers which I also coded according to theme. Most questions prompted respondents to “check all that apply” and allowed respondents to add their own reasons, which I then coded according to theme. The respondents heard about the survey via online Yiddish learning groups and took the time to fill it out, therefore there is some selection bias respondents are likely more engaged in Yiddish learning than the average Yiddish Duolingo users. Three hundred and four people responded before the survey was closed.
This survey was posted on the In geveb website and circulated on social media in January 2022. As it approached its one year anniversary, in winter 2022, I circulated a survey to explore the triumphs and limitations of this application for its wide and diverse audience. Since its debut in April 2021, hundreds of thousands of people have engaged with the app–some briefly, some devotedly. It seems that no Yiddish phenomenon in recent memory has attracted more praise, more criticism, or more excitement than Yiddish Duolingo.
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