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Babel

The multilingual framework to localize LaTeX, LuaLaTeX, XeLaTeX

Yiddish

This page offers basic guidance on typesetting a LaTeX document in the Yiddish language using the Hebrew script.

Support with ini locale file

Here is a minimal sample file with yiddish as the main language, with luatex.

\documentclass[yiddish]{article}

\usepackage[provide=*,bidi=basic]{babel}

\babelfont{rm}[Renderer=Harfbuzz]{NewComputerModern10}

\begin{document}

Local name $=$ ייִדיש

Today $=$ \today

\end{document}