Countries
Barbados, Belize, Botswana, Cameroon, Canada, Dominica, Fiji, Ghana, India, Ireland, Jamaica, Kenya, Malta, Mauritius, Micronesia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Samoa, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Somaliland, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda, United Kingdom, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Israel
National Language
Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Gibraltar, Grenada, Guam, Guyana, Jersey, Montserrat, Nauru, Singapore, Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom, United States of America
Israel
Second Language
India, Nigeria, Pakistan, Singapore
Israel
Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, South America
Africa, Asia, Europe
Minority Language
South Africa
Poland
Regulated By
Not Available
Academy of the Hebrew Language
Interesting Facts
- Most of the English words begin with the letter S than any other letter.
- English is third most commonly spoken language in the world.
- The original language of Bible is Hebrew.
- The men and women use different verbs in hebrew language.
Similar To
Not Available
Arabic and Aramaic languages
Derived From
Latin
Aramaic Language
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Hello
Hello
שלום (Shalom)
Thank You
Thank you
תודה (Toda)
How Are You?
How are you?
מה שלומך? (ma shlomxa)
Good Night
Good Night
לילה טוב (Laila tov)
Good Evening
Good Evening
ערב טוב (Erev tov)
Good Afternoon
Good Afternoon
אחר צהריים טובים (Achar tzahara'im tovim)
Good Morning
Good Morning
בוקר טוב (Boker tov)
Please
Please
בבקשה (bevekshah)
Sorry
Sorry
סליחה! (Slicha)
Bye
Bye
להתראות (Lehitraot)
I Love You
I love you
אני אוהבת אותך (Ani ohevet otcha)
Excuse Me
Excuse Me
בבקשה!
Dialect 1
American English
Ashkenazi Hebrew
Where They Speak
United States of America
Israel
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Hiberno-English
Samaritan Hebrew
Where They Speak
Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom
Israel, Palestine
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Welsh English
Yemenite Hebrew
Where They Speak
United Kingdom
Israel
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Speaking Population
Not Available
Native Name
English
עברית / עִבְרִית (ivrit)
Alternative Names
Not Available
Israeli, Ivrit
French Name
anglais
hébreu
German Name
Englisch
Hebräisch
Pronunciation
/ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ/
[(ʔ)ivˈʁit] - [(ʔ)ivˈɾit]
Ethnicity
Not Available
Not Available
Origin
5th Century AD
1000 BC
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Subgroup
Not Available
Semitic
Branch
Not Available
Canaanitic
Early Forms
Old English, Middle English, Early Modern English and English
Biblical Hebrew, Mishnaic Hebrew, Medieval Hebrew, Hebrew
Standard Forms
Standard English
Modern Hebrew
Signed Forms
Signed English
Signed Hebrew
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
engs
Not Available
Glottocode
stan1293
hebr1246
Linguasphere
52-ABA
12-AAB-a
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object, Verb-Subject-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Fusional, Isolating, Synthetic
Fusional, Synthetic
English and Hebrew Greetings
People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where English and Hebrew greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in English and Hebrew language. English word for "Hello" is Hello or Hebrew word for "Thank You" is תודה (Toda). Find more of such common English Greetings and Hebrew Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
English vs Hebrew Difficulty
The English vs Hebrew difficulty level basically depends on the number of English Alphabets and Hebrew Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare English and Hebrew are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in English and Hebrew, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn English is 6 weeks while to learn Hebrew time required is 44 weeks.