Countries
Israel
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
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National Language
Israel
Ethiopia
Second Language
Israel
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia, Europe
Africa
Minority Language
Poland
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Academy of the Hebrew Language
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Interesting Facts
- The original language of Bible is Hebrew.
- The men and women use different verbs in hebrew language.
- Amharic ranks as second most spoken Semitic language in the world.
- Amharic has its own writing system named “fidel” and it uses Amharic alphabets to write.
Similar To
Arabic and Aramaic languages
Tigrinya and Oromo Languages
Derived From
Aramaic Language
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
2233
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
07
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2231
9
60
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Scripts
Hebrew
Ethiopic
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
63
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
שלום (Shalom)
Selam
Thank You
תודה (Toda)
amesege'nallo'
How Are You?
מה שלומך? (ma shlomxa)
Dehina newot?
Good Night
לילה טוב (Laila tov)
Dehna dur
Good Evening
ערב טוב (Erev tov)
melkam meshe't
Good Afternoon
אחר צהריים טובים (Achar tzahara'im tovim)
i'ndemin walu
Good Morning
בוקר טוב (Boker tov)
i'ndemin adäru
Please
בבקשה (bevekshah)
i'bakwon
Sorry
סליחה! (Slicha)
aznallehu
Bye
להתראות (Lehitraot)
tschao
I Love You
אני אוהבת אותך (Ani ohevet otcha)
afekirishalehu
Excuse Me
בבקשה!
yiqirta
Dialect 1
Ashkenazi Hebrew
Gondar
Where They Speak
Israel
Gondar
How Many People Speak
9,200,000.0022,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Samaritan Hebrew
Gojjami
Where They Speak
Israel, Palestine
Ethiopia
How Many People Speak
9,000,000.0022,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Yemenite Hebrew
Showa
Where They Speak
Israel
Ethiopia
How Many People Speak
9,000,000.0022,000,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
75
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
9.00 million18.70 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.11 %0.37 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
4.40 million25.00 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
5.60 million10.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
עברית / עִבְרִית (ivrit)
አማርኛ
Alternative Names
Israeli, Ivrit
Abyssinian, Amarigna, Amarinya, Amhara, Ethiopian
French Name
hébreu
amharique
German Name
Hebräisch
Amharisch
Pronunciation
[(ʔ)ivˈʁit] - [(ʔ)ivˈɾit]
[amarɨɲɲa]
Ethnicity
Hebrew-speaking people
Amharas
Origin
1000 BC
13th century
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Subgroup
Semitic
Semitic
Branch
Canaanitic
Ethiopic
Language Forms
Early Forms
Biblical Hebrew, Mishnaic Hebrew, Medieval Hebrew, Hebrew
Ge'ez
Standard Forms
Modern Hebrew
Amharic
Language Position
2355
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Hebrew
Signed Amharic
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
he
am
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
heb
amh
ISO 639 2/B
heb
amh
ISO 639 3
heb
amh
ISO 639 6
heb
amh
Glottocode
hebr1246
amha1245
Linguasphere
12-AAB-a
12-ACB-a
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object, Verb-Subject-Object
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Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
Fusional