Cantonese and Hebrew
Countries
Hong Kong, Macau
Israel
National Language
China, Guangdong
Israel
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Israel
Speaking Continents
Asia
Africa, Asia, Europe
Minority Language
Hawaii
Poland
Regulated By
Civil Service Bureau, Government of Hong Kong, Official Language Division
Academy of the Hebrew Language
Interesting Facts
- Cantonese have lot of slangs, many of them include words that do not make sense at all and some also have English in them.
- Even though Cantonese and Mandarin are dialects of Chinese, Cantonese has 8 tones instead of Mandarin's 4.
- The original language of Bible is Hebrew.
- The men and women use different verbs in hebrew language.
Similar To
Chinese Language
Arabic and Aramaic languages
Derived From
-
Aramaic Language
Alphabets in
Cantonese-Alphabets.jpg#200
Hebrew-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Chinese Characters and derivatives
Hebrew
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
How Are You?
你好吗？
מה שלומך? (ma shlomxa)
Good Night
晚安
לילה טוב (Laila tov)
Good Evening
晚上好
ערב טוב (Erev tov)
Good Afternoon
下午好
אחר צהריים טובים (Achar tzahara'im tovim)
Good Morning
早上好
בוקר טוב (Boker tov)
Please
请
בבקשה (bevekshah)
Bye
再见
להתראות (Lehitraot)
I Love You
我爱你
אני אוהבת אותך (Ani ohevet otcha)
Dialect 1
Guangzhou
Ashkenazi Hebrew
Where They Speak
outside mainland China
Israel
Dialect 2
Xiguan
Samaritan Hebrew
Where They Speak
Hong Kong
Israel, Palestine
Dialect 3
Hong Kong
Yemenite Hebrew
Where They Speak
Hong Kong
Israel
Native Name
Kwang Tung Wa
עברית / עִבְרִית (ivrit)
Alternative Names
Guangfu, Metropolitan Cantonese
Israeli, Ivrit
French Name
cantonais
hébreu
German Name
Kantonesisch
Hebräisch
Pronunciation
[kʰɐn˧˥tʰœːn˧˥sɨ˧˥]
[(ʔ)ivˈʁit] - [(ʔ)ivˈɾit]
Ethnicity
Han Chinese
Hebrew-speaking people
Origin
17th century
1000 BC
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Early Forms
No early forms
Biblical Hebrew, Mishnaic Hebrew, Medieval Hebrew, Hebrew
Standard Forms
Standard Cantonese
Modern Hebrew
Signed Forms
Signed Cantonese
Signed Hebrew
ISO 639 1
No data available
he
ISO 639 3
No data available
heb
Glottocode
cant1236
hebr1246
Linguasphere
No data available
12-AAB-a
Language Linguistic Typology
-
Subject-Verb-Object, Verb-Subject-Object
Language Morphological Typology
-
Fusional, Synthetic
All Cantonese and Hebrew Dialects
Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Cantonese and Hebrew dialects. Various dialects of Cantonese and Hebrew language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Cantonese are spoken in different Cantonese Speaking Countries whereas Hebrew Dialects are spoken in different Hebrew speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Cantonese vs Hebrew Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Cantonese dialects include: Guangzhou, Xiguan. Hebrew dialects include: Ashkenazi Hebrew , Samaritan Hebrew. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Cantonese and Hebrew Speaking population
Cantonese and Hebrew speaking population is one of the factors based on which Cantonese and Hebrew languages can be compared. The total count of Cantonese and Hebrew Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Cantonese language is 16.00 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Hebrew language is 0.11 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Cantonese and Hebrew on Cantonese vs Hebrew where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Cantonese and Hebrew Language Codes
Cantonese and Hebrew language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Cantonese and Hebrew Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.