“Elka:- Ayin Lamed Kuf Oleph “
Thank you. That would tend to make me think that Aliza would be an appropriate Hebrew name for Elka. Aliza-ka, Al…ka, Elka.
Rabbaim , many Jews give English names in English speaking countries. So should all those Jews who speak ONLY English (and not Yiddish) not give a Jewish name to their children, because the language in their frum world and in which THEY learn Torah is English?
All the Rabbanim who say the things you state, probably only or primarily spoke Yiddish (or their parents and grandparents did, in the alte heim). So naturally they would think that way about Yiddish. And the only reason we call Yiddish by that name is NOT because it is announcing itself, but because it was the language spoken by YIDDEN in Europe, an amalgamation of German, Hebrew, and a few other languages. When some black people speak with a certain type of word usage, we call it Ebonics (for ebony/black). Does that make it particularly special?
The specialness and “holiness” of Yiddish is that it united all European Jews by giving them a common means of communicating. Otherwise it is not much different from English today, the language in which most people are learning and communicating as they once did in Europe. And one who is intellectually honest will recognize that. I am NOT putting Yiddish down, so don’t think I am. It is a rich and expressive language. But it has been elevated to a kedusha beyond Loshon Kodesh in the minds of many people, to the point that they would prefer to name a child in that language (which did not exist in the days of yetzias Mitzrayim), over Hebrew which might have been in a slightly different form from the way we speak today (though we do not know that for certain), yet nonetheless is recognizable as Hebrew when we read tanach. Do what you will, and say what you will, kol hakavod, that is your privilege, but I applaud people who understand that only Hebrew is the holy language of our people. Everything else is nice, but it is not THE language of Jews. And btw, people who speak Ladino feel the same way about their language as you do about Yiddish.