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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
1  
14
23  
4

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  
-  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Hebrew-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Arabic.jpg#200  

Alphabets
22  
4
28  
10

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
0  
8  
5

How Many Consonants
22  
12
28  
18

Scripts
Hebrew  
Arabic  

Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal  
Right-To-Left, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
4  
3

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
88 weeks  
19

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
9,200,000.00  
38
310,000,000.00  
2

Dialect 2
Samaritan Hebrew  
Sudanese  

Where They Speak
Israel, Palestine  
Sudan  

How Many People Speak
9,000,000.00  
38
17,000,000.00  
29

Dialect 3
Yemenite Hebrew  
Levantine  

Where They Speak
Israel  
Cyprus, Levant  

How Many People Speak
9,000,000.00  
30
21,000,000.00  
23

Total No. Of Dialects
7  
7
26  
22

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
9.00 million  
99+
452.00 million  
4

Speaking Population
0.11 %  
99+
4.43 %  
6

Native Speakers
4.40 million  
99+
206.00 million  
6

Second Language Speakers
5.60 million  
99+
246.00 million  
2

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
23  
21
25  
23

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  

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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.

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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.

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