There is a greater mitzvah to learn in a language in which you truly can understand what you are learning. You can be just as amayl B’Torah when you read Artscroll Gemarahs in English, especially if you are not familiar with Hebrew or Aramaic. If you read in Hebrew, thinking you are a big shot, but don’t really understand the nuances of the language, what are you really learning? Isn’t the object of learning to actually LEARN????? That’s why IMO there is no purpose to learning in Yiddish nowadays, unless Yiddish is your familiar language (which it still is for many). Certainly there is no difference between learning in Yiddish or English, in this day and age. Torah was taitched in Yiddish because decades ago THAT was the language common to most Jews. I doubt most Rabbonim were concerned about that not being sufficient AMAYLUS.
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