1403: Standard Yiddish Oct 14, 2018

When the question of a standardized form of a language comes up, it is usually about nationalization. After all this is the reason most languages have a standard form, if they have one at all: most don't. However, there has never been a state run by Yiddish-speakers, and yet there is a "Standard Yiddish". Like with Standard British English or Standard American English, the majority of Yiddish speakers today do not speak the standard or "neutral" variety, and so this is somewhat controversial since this is what is taught when taught as a second-language usually, but unlike with the Englishes above, Standard Yiddish was created more as as amalgamation of features from a few major dialects. Even so, what is considered standard is based off of what was used for the majority of literature, as writing usually is a larger basis for what makes up a language's standard form than just speech.