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Countries

Countries

Israel
Algeria, Bahrain, Chad, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, Yemen

Total No. Of Countries

123
0 46
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National Language

Israel
Algeria, Bahrain, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, United Arab Emirates, Yemen

Second Language

Israel
Not spoken in any of the countries

Speaking Continents

Africa, Asia, Europe
Africa, Asia

Minority Language

Poland
Not spoken in any of the countries

Regulated By

Academy of the Hebrew Language
Academy of the Arabic Language, Arabic Language International Council

Interesting Facts

  • The original language of Bible is Hebrew.
  • The men and women use different verbs in hebrew language.
  • Arabic is 5th common language in world.
  • Classical Arabic is the language of Quran and also it is official language. Classical Arabic is the only way to learn Arabic language in academic way and it does not change.

Similar To

Arabic and Aramaic languages
Amharic and Hebrew

Derived From

Aramaic Language
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Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

2228
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

08
0 32
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How Many Consonants

2228
9 60
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Scripts

Hebrew
Arabic

Writing Direction

Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Right-To-Left, Horizontal

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

64
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

44 weeks88 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

שלום (Shalom)
مرحبا

Thank You

תודה (Toda)
شكرا

How Are You?

מה שלומך? (ma shlomxa)
كيف حالك؟

Good Night

לילה טוב (Laila tov)
تصبح على خير

Good Evening

ערב טוב (Erev tov)
مساء الخير

Good Afternoon

אחר צהריים טובים (Achar tzahara'im tovim)
مساء الخير

Good Morning

בוקר טוב (Boker tov)
صباح الخير

Please

בבקשה (bevekshah)
من فضلك

Sorry

סליחה! (Slicha)
آسف

Bye

להתראות (Lehitraot)
وداعا

I Love You

אני אוהבת אותך (Ani ohevet otcha)
أحبك

Excuse Me

בבקשה!
اعذرني

Dialects

Dialect 1

Ashkenazi Hebrew
Maghrebi

Where They Speak

Israel
Algeria, Libya, Maghreb, Morocco, Tunisia

How Many People Speak

9,200,000.00310,000,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Samaritan Hebrew
Sudanese

Where They Speak

Israel, Palestine
Sudan

How Many People Speak

9,000,000.0017,000,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Yemenite Hebrew
Levantine

Where They Speak

Israel
Cyprus, Levant

How Many People Speak

9,000,000.0021,000,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

726
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

9.00 million452.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.11 %4.43 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

4.40 million206.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

5.60 million246.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

עברית / עִבְרִית (ivrit)
(al arabiya) العربية

Alternative Names

Israeli, Ivrit
Al-’Arabiyya, Al-Fusha, Literary Arabic

French Name

hébreu
arabe

German Name

Hebräisch
Arabisch

Pronunciation

[(ʔ)ivˈʁit] - [(ʔ)ivˈɾit]
/al ʕarabijja/, /ʕarabi/

Ethnicity

Hebrew-speaking people
Arabs

History

Origin

1000 BC
512 CE

Language Family

Afro-Asiatic Family
Afro-Asiatic Family, Semitic Family

Subgroup

Semitic
Semitic

Branch

Canaanitic
North Arabic

Language Forms

Early Forms

Biblical Hebrew, Mishnaic Hebrew, Medieval Hebrew, Hebrew
No early forms

Standard Forms

Modern Hebrew
Modern Standard Arabic

Language Position

2325
1 120
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Signed Forms

Signed Hebrew
Signed Arabic

Scope

Individual
Macrolanguage

Code

ISO 639 1

he
ar

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

heb
ara

ISO 639 2/B

heb
ara

ISO 639 3

heb
ara

ISO 639 6

heb
ara

Glottocode

hebr1246
arab1395

Linguasphere

12-AAB-a
12-AAC

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

Subject-Verb-Object, Verb-Subject-Object
Subject-Verb-Object

Language Morphological Typology

Fusional, Synthetic
Fusional, Synthetic

Hebrew and Arabic Alphabets

Hebrew and Arabic Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Hebrew and Arabic. In Hebrew Alphabets there are 22 letters while in Arabic Alphabets there are 28 letters. To learn Hebrew and Arabic languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Hebrew and Arabic languages. The Hebrew phonology consist Hebrew vowels and Hebrew consonants. After alphabets, words are to be learned and after words, phrases in that language. Take a look at Hebrew greetings vs Arabic greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Hebrew and Arabic are Most Spoken Languages.

All Hebrew and Arabic 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 Hebrew and Arabic dialects. Various dialects of Hebrew and Arabic language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Hebrew are spoken in different Hebrew Speaking Countries whereas Arabic Dialects are spoken in different Arabic speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Hebrew vs Arabic Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Hebrew dialects include: Ashkenazi Hebrew, Samaritan Hebrew. Arabic dialects include: Maghrebi , Sudanese. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

Hebrew and Arabic Speaking population

Hebrew and Arabic speaking population is one of the factors based on which Hebrew and Arabic languages can be compared. The total count of Hebrew and Arabic Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Hebrew language is 0.11 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Arabic language is 4.43 %. 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 Hebrew and Arabic on Hebrew vs Arabic where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Hebrew and Arabic Language Codes

Hebrew and Arabic language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Hebrew and Arabic Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.