Ashkenazi Jews did and do speak yiddish, Sephardim, did not, are they not to be included and shown some respect?
I am married to a sephardi with ancestry from all over the middle east, and they all speak perfect Hebrew. There is indeed a type of Judeo arabic which is used among certain groups as well as a tendency to use the language of the host country, be it Farsi, Arabic or French. Many biblical Hebrew scholars note that the Yemenite pronunciation of Ivrit is most authentic and closest to the way our forefathers spoke.
Yiddish is a beautiful language precious and spoken by many Jews, but not all!!! yes there are many sephardi especially from Jerusalem who speak great Yiddish, but how about some kavod when talking about Yiddish and realising not all Jews are Ashkenazi and shock horror the shtetels of Eastern Europe have been tragically long gone! Those with any sentiment for the old lands where Yiddish flourished should remember their delightful gentile neigbours who in the absence of Jews still loving cherish their antisemitism to this very day.