diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 6120bce..347921d 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ Developed by [Florian Eckerstorfer](https://florian.ec) in Vienna, Europe with t
 ## Features
 
 -   Removes all special characters from a string.
--   Provides custom replacements for Arabic, Austrian, Azerbaijani, Brazilian Portuguese, Bulgarian, Burmese, Chinese, Croatian, Czech, Esperanto, Estonian, Finnish, French, Georgian, German, Greek, Hindi, Hungarian, Italian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Macedonian, Norwegian, Polish, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Spanish, Swedish, Turkish, Ukrainian and Vietnamese special characters. Instead of removing these characters, Slugify approximates them (e.g., `ae` replaces `ä`).
+-   Provides custom replacements for Arabic, Austrian, Azerbaijani, Brazilian Portuguese, Bulgarian, Burmese, Chinese, Croatian, Czech, Esperanto, Estonian, Finnish, French, Georgian, German, Greek, Hindi, Hungarian, Italian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Macedonian, Norwegian, Polish, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Spanish, Swedish, Turkish, Ukrainian, Vietnamese and Yiddish special characters. Instead of removing these characters, Slugify approximates them (e.g., `ae` replaces `ä`).
 -   No external dependencies.
 -   PSR-4 compatible.
 -   Compatible with PHP >= 8.
diff --git a/Resources/rules/yiddish.json b/Resources/rules/yiddish.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d7c5c7c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Resources/rules/yiddish.json
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+{
+    "יאַ": "ya",
+    "אַ": "a",
+    "אָ": "o",
+    "יאָ": "yo",
+    "א": "",
+    "בֿ": "v",
+    "ב": "b",
+    "ג": "g",
+    "ד": "d",
+    "ה": "h",
+    "װ": "v",
+    "וו": "v",
+    "יױ": "yoy",
+    "ױ": "oy",
+    "יוי": "yoy",
+    "וי": "oy",
+    "יו": "yu",
+    "ו": "u",
+    "ז": "z",
+    "ח": "kh",
+    "ט": "t",
+    "יײַ": "yay",
+    "ײַ": "ay",
+    "יי": "ey",
+    "ײ": "ey",
+    "יע": "ye",
+    "ייִ": "yi",
+    "יִ": "i",
+    "י": "i",
+    "כּ": "k",
+    "כ": "kh",
+    "ך": "kh",
+    "ל": "l",
+    "מ": "m",
+    "ם": "m",
+    "נ": "n",
+    "ן": "n",
+    "ס": "s",
+    "ע": "e",
+    "פּ": "p",
+    "פֿ": "f",
+    "פ": "ph",
+    "צ": "ts",
+    "ץ": "ts",
+    "ק": "k",
+    "ר": "r",
+    "שֹ": "s",
+    "ש": "sh",
+    "תּ": "t",
+    "ת": "s"
+}
diff --git a/src/Slugify.php b/src/Slugify.php
index 7dce1f6..c9f9e73 100644
--- a/src/Slugify.php
+++ b/src/Slugify.php
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ class Slugify implements SlugifyInterface
             // Languages are preferred if they appear later, list is ordered by number of
             // websites in that language
             // https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Languages_used_on_the_Internet#Content_languages_for_websites
+            'yiddish',
             'armenian',
             'azerbaijani',
             'burmese',
diff --git a/tests/SlugifyTest.php b/tests/SlugifyTest.php
index d31cf6a..f95b65b 100644
--- a/tests/SlugifyTest.php
+++ b/tests/SlugifyTest.php
@@ -260,6 +260,7 @@ public function defaultRuleProvider()
             [str_repeat('hi🇦🇹', 5000), substr(str_repeat('hi-', 5000), 0, -1)],
             ['Č Ć Ž Š Đ č ć ž š đ', 'c-c-z-s-d-c-c-z-s-d'],
             ['Ą Č Ę Ė Į Š Ų Ū Ž ą č ę ė į š ų ū ž', 'a-c-e-e-i-s-u-u-z-a-c-e-e-i-s-u-u-z'],
+            ['יאַן אַ טאָן יאָ אי רבֿ גיב דו האַװ האַוו יױרן יוירן אַזױ אַזוי יום־כּיפּור חנוכּה יײַכל מײַן בלײך ניי יע ייִדיש פֿליִען צוך סם פ קץ תּורת־אמת', 'yan-a-ton-yo-i-rv-gib-du-hav-hav-yoyrn-yoyrn-azoy-azoy-yum-kipur-khnukh-yaykhl-mayn-bleykh-ney-ye-yidish-flien-tsukh-sm-ph-kts-turs-ms'],
         ];
     }