Countries
Israel
China, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Taiwan
Total No. Of Countries
15
0
46
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National Language
Israel
China, Taiwan
Second Language
Israel
Republic of Brazil
Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia, Europe
Asia
Minority Language
Poland
Indonesia, Malaysia
Regulated By
Academy of the Hebrew Language
Chinese Language Standardization Council, National Commission on Language and Script Work, Promote Mandarin Council
Interesting Facts
- The original language of Bible is Hebrew.
- The men and women use different verbs in hebrew language.
- Chinese language is tonal, since meaning of a word changes according to its tone.
- In Chinese language, there is no grammatical distinction between singular or plural, no declination of verbs according to tense, mood and aspect.
Similar To
Arabic and Aramaic languages
Japanese and Korean Languages
Derived From
Aramaic Language
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2226
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
024
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2223
9
60
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Scripts
Hebrew
Chinese Characters and derivatives
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
66
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks88 weeks
3
88
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Hello
שלום (Shalom)
您好 (Nín hǎo)
Thank You
תודה (Toda)
谢谢 (Xièxiè)
How Are You?
מה שלומך? (ma shlomxa)
你好吗？ (Nǐ hǎo ma?)
Good Night
לילה טוב (Laila tov)
晚安 (Wǎn'ān)
Good Evening
ערב טוב (Erev tov)
晚上好 (Wǎnshàng hǎo)
Good Afternoon
אחר צהריים טובים (Achar tzahara'im tovim)
下午好 (Xiàwǔ hǎo)
Good Morning
בוקר טוב (Boker tov)
早安 (Zǎo ān)
Please
בבקשה (bevekshah)
请 (Qǐng)
Sorry
סליחה! (Slicha)
遗憾 (Yíhàn)
Bye
להתראות (Lehitraot)
再见 (Zàijiàn)
I Love You
אני אוהבת אותך (Ani ohevet otcha)
我爱你 (Wǒ ài nǐ)
Excuse Me
בבקשה!
劳驾 (Láojià)
Dialect 1
Ashkenazi Hebrew
Mandarin
Where They Speak
Israel
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan
How Many People Speak
9,200,000.00960,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Samaritan Hebrew
Wu
Where They Speak
Israel, Palestine
China, United States of America
How Many People Speak
9,000,000.0080,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Yemenite Hebrew
Yue
Where They Speak
Israel
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam
How Many People Speak
9,000,000.0060,000,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
710
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
9.00 million1,051.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.11 %16.00 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
4.40 million873.00 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
5.60 million178.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
עברית / עִבְרִית (ivrit)
中文 (zhōngwén)
Alternative Names
Israeli, Ivrit
Zhongwen, Hanyu
French Name
hébreu
chinois
German Name
Hebräisch
Chinesisch
Pronunciation
[(ʔ)ivˈʁit] - [(ʔ)ivˈɾit]
[ʈʂʰíŋ] [huà]
Ethnicity
Hebrew-speaking people
Han
Origin
1000 BC
1250 BC
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 Chinese
Language Position
231
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Hebrew
Wenfa Shouyu 文法手語 ("Grammatical Sign Language", Signed Mandarin (Taiwan))
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
he
zh
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
heb
zho
ISO 639 2/B
heb
chi
ISO 639 3
heb
zho
ISO 639 6
heb
zho
Glottocode
hebr1246
sini1245
Linguasphere
12-AAB-a
79-AAA
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object, Verb-Subject-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
Analytic, Isolating