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Hebrew and Cantonese


Cantonese and Hebrew


Countries

Countries
Israel  
Hong Kong, Macau  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
2  
13

National Language
Israel  
China, Guangdong  

Second Language
Israel  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia, Europe  
Asia  

Minority Language
Poland  
Hawaii  

Regulated By
Academy of the Hebrew Language  
Civil Service Bureau, Government of Hong Kong, Official Language Division  

Interesting Facts
  • The original language of Bible is Hebrew.
  • The men and women use different verbs in hebrew language.
  
  • 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.
  

Similar To
Arabic and Aramaic languages  
Chinese Language  

Derived From
Aramaic Language  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
22  
4
28  
10

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
0  
8  
5

How Many Consonants
22  
12
20  
10

Scripts
Hebrew  
Chinese Characters and derivatives  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
10  
8

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
88 weeks  
19

Greetings

Hello
שלום (Shalom)  
您好  

Thank You
תודה (Toda)  
谢谢  

How Are You?
מה שלומך? (ma shlomxa)  
你好吗?  

Good Night
לילה טוב (Laila tov)  
晚安  

Good Evening
ערב טוב (Erev tov)  
晚上好  

Good Afternoon
אחר צהריים טובים (Achar tzahara'im tovim)  
下午好  

Good Morning
בוקר טוב (Boker tov)  
早上好  

Please
בבקשה (bevekshah)  
请  

Sorry
סליחה! (Slicha)  
遗憾  

Bye
להתראות (Lehitraot)  
再见  

I Love You
אני אוהבת אותך (Ani ohevet otcha)  
我爱你  

Excuse Me
בבקשה!  
原谅我  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Ashkenazi Hebrew  
Guangzhou  

Where They Speak
Israel  
outside mainland China  

How Many People Speak
9,200,000.00  
38
71,000,000.00  
13

Dialect 2
Samaritan Hebrew  
Xiguan  

Where They Speak
Israel, Palestine  
Hong Kong  

How Many People Speak
9,000,000.00  
38
71,000,000.00  
11

Dialect 3
Yemenite Hebrew  
Hong Kong  

Where They Speak
Israel  
Hong Kong  

How Many People Speak
9,000,000.00  
30
70,000,000.00  
10

Total No. Of Dialects
7  
7
3  
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
9.00 million  
99+
60.00 million  
27

Speaking Population
0.11 %  
99+
16.00 %  
2

Native Speakers
4.40 million  
99+
52.00 million  
21

Second Language Speakers
5.60 million  
99+
71.00 million  
15

Native Name
עברית / עִבְרִית (ivrit)  
Kwang Tung Wa  

Alternative Names
Israeli, Ivrit  
Guangfu, Metropolitan Cantonese  

French Name
hébreu  
cantonais  

German Name
Hebräisch  
Kantonesisch  

Pronunciation
[(ʔ)ivˈʁit] - [(ʔ)ivˈɾit]  
[kʰɐn˧˥tʰœːn˧˥sɨ˧˥]  

Ethnicity
Hebrew-speaking people  
Han Chinese  

History

Origin
1000 BC  
17th century  

Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family  
Sino-Tibetan Family  

Subgroup
Semitic  
-  

Branch
Canaanitic  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

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

Standard Forms
Modern Hebrew  
Standard Cantonese  

Language Position
23  
21
1  
1

Signed Forms
Signed Hebrew  
Signed Cantonese  

Scope
Individual  
-  

Code

ISO 639 1
he  
No data available  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
heb  
yue  

ISO 639 2/B
heb  
yue  

ISO 639 3
heb  
No data available  

ISO 639 6
heb  
yue  

Glottocode
hebr1246  
cant1236  

Linguasphere
12-AAB-a  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
-  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object, Verb-Subject-Object  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic  
-  

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

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Hebrew and Cantonese Speaking population

Hebrew and Cantonese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Hebrew and Cantonese languages can be compared. The total count of Hebrew and Cantonese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Hebrew language is 0.11 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Cantonese language is 16.00 %. 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 Cantonese on Hebrew vs Cantonese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Hebrew and Cantonese Language Codes

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

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