ashkenazi hebrew () (), is the pronunciation system for biblical and mishnaic hebrew favored for liturgical use by ashkenazi jewish practice. it survives today as a separate religious dialect even alongside modern hebrew in israel, although its use even amongst non-israeli jews has diminished. ==features== as it is used parallel with modern hebrew, its phonological differences are clearly recognized: * ×  and ×¢  are completely silent at all times in most forms of ashkenazi hebrew, where they are frequently both pronounced as a glottal stop in modern hebrew.the practice of omitting the guttural letters "ayin" and "chet" is very ancient and goes back to talmudic times (see sefer he'aruch entry "shudah" as well as encyclopedia otzar yisrael entry "mivtah"), when it appears to have been a feature of galilean pronunciation. (compare yisroeil (lithuanian) or yisruayl (polish-galician) vs. yisra'el (modern).) a special case is dutch (and historically also frankfurt am main) hebrew, where âayin is traditionally pronounced as a velar nasal (), probably under the influence of the local spanish and portuguese jews. * ×ª  is pronounced  in ashkenazi hebrew, unless there is a dagesh in the ×ª, where it would be pronounced . it is always pronounced  in modern hebrew. (compare shabbos vs. shabbat, or es vs. et.) * ×Öµ   is pronounced  (or ) in ashkenazi hebrew, where it would be pronounced  in sephardi hebrew; modern hebrew varies between the two pronunciations. (compare omein (lithuanian) or umayn (polish-galician) vs. amen (modern hebrew).) * ×Ö¸   is pronounced  (occasionally ) in ashkenazi hebrew, where it is  in modern hebrew. (compare dovid (lithuanian) or duvid (polish-galician) vs. david.) * ×Ö¹   is, depending on the subdialect, pronounced , , , , or  in ashkenazi hebrew, where it is  in modern hebrew. (compare moishe vs. moshe.) * unstressed ×Ö» qubbuá¹£ or ×Ö¼ shuruq  occasionally becomes  in ashkenazi hebrew, when in all other forms they are pronounced  (kÃ­ddish vs. kiddÃºsh.) in the hungarian and oberlander dialects, the pronunciation is invariably {{ipabli
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