Heblish


Heblish or Hebrish, less frequently Hebglish or Engbrew, all blends of the words "Hebrew" and "English", refer to any combination of the two languages, or to code-switching between the languages. This result from poor knowledge of one language or the other or both of the languages, or may be produced for a consciously humorous effect.
The term Heblish was recorded earliest, in 1979, with Hebrish and Hebglish appearing later. Other less common terms are Hinglish and Henglish.
Other terms are used or have been suggested, such as Englibrew, and Yeshivish. Another set of terms refer to hybrids or mixtures of English and Yiddish rather than with Hebrew, and code-switching may be for representation of religious or cultural affiliation in speech, rather than language transfer reasons. See section on Yinglish.