Countries
Israel
Malawi, Zimbabwe
Total No. Of Countries
12
0
46
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National Language
Israel
Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Second Language
Israel
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia, Europe
Africa
Minority Language
Poland
Zambia
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.
- Chewa is one of the 55 languages featured on the Voyager spacecraft.
- Most widely known language of Malawi is Chewa.
Similar To
Arabic and Aramaic languages
Zulu language
Derived From
Aramaic Language
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
2231
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
05
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2218
9
60
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Scripts
Hebrew
Latin
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
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Hard to Learn
Language Levels
65
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks32 weeks
3
88
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Hello
שלום (Shalom)
Moni
Thank You
תודה (Toda)
Zikomo
How Are You?
מה שלומך? (ma shlomxa)
Muli bwanji?
Good Night
לילה טוב (Laila tov)
Usiku wabwino
Good Evening
ערב טוב (Erev tov)
Madzulo abwino
Good Afternoon
אחר צהריים טובים (Achar tzahara'im tovim)
Masana abwino
Good Morning
בוקר טוב (Boker tov)
M'mawa wabwino
Please
בבקשה (bevekshah)
Chonde
Sorry
סליחה! (Slicha)
pepani
Bye
להתראות (Lehitraot)
anatsanzikana
I Love You
אני אוהבת אותך (Ani ohevet otcha)
Ndimakukondani
Excuse Me
בבקשה!
Pepani
Dialect 1
Ashkenazi Hebrew
Kasungu
Where They Speak
Israel
Malawi, Zambia
How Many People Speak
9,200,000.0012,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Samaritan Hebrew
Kikamtunda
Where They Speak
Israel, Palestine
Malawi, Zambia
How Many People Speak
9,000,000.0010,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Yemenite Hebrew
Kimaravi
Where They Speak
Israel
Malawi, Zambia
How Many People Speak
9,000,000.001,200,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
75
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
9.00 million12.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.11 %0.17 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
4.40 million12.00 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
5.60 million1.50 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
עברית / עִבְרִית (ivrit)
Nyanja
Alternative Names
Israeli, Ivrit
Chichewa, Chinyanja, Nyanja, Nyanja-Chewa
French Name
hébreu
chichewa; chewa; nyanja
German Name
Hebräisch
Nyanja-Sprache
Pronunciation
[(ʔ)ivˈʁit] - [(ʔ)ivˈɾit]
[ˈtʃewa]
Ethnicity
Hebrew-speaking people
Chewa people
Origin
1000 BC
15th Century
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
Semitic
Benue-Congo
Branch
Canaanitic
Bantu
Language Forms
Early Forms
Biblical Hebrew, Mishnaic Hebrew, Medieval Hebrew, Hebrew
No early forms
Standard Forms
Modern Hebrew
Chewa
Language Position
2327
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Hebrew
Chewa Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
he
ny
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
heb
nya
ISO 639 2/B
heb
nya
ISO 639 3
heb
nya
ISO 639 6
heb
nya
Glottocode
hebr1246
nyan1308
Linguasphere
12-AAB-a
99-AUS-xaa – xag
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
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