What language is associated with Judaism?

Hebrew has always been the language of prayer for Jews. And when Israel was re-established in 1948, Hebrew was 'resurrected' and somewhat modernised, and made the official language of the Jewish homeland. In addition, Jews who settled in Europe also spoke and new Yiddish; this is a combination of Hebrew, German, and various other European languages including Romanian and Polish. It is a wonderfully expressive and colourful language but young Jews don't usually speak Yiddish; it was very much the language of the ghettos. Jews who settled in Spain and Portugal, had their own language, Ladino. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------