Countries
Israel
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname
Total No. Of Countries
16
0
46
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National Language
Israel
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname
Second Language
Israel
South Africa
Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia, Europe
Asia, Europe, North America, South America
Minority Language
Poland
France, Germany, Indonesia
Regulated By
Academy of the Hebrew Language
Nederlandse Taalunie (Dutch Language Union)
Interesting Facts
- The original language of Bible is Hebrew.
- The men and women use different verbs in hebrew language.
- Dutch language consist of extremely long words. The longest dutch word in the dictionary is 53 letters long.
- There exists 75% borrowed words in Dutch language, and a lot of those are French, English and Hebrew.
Similar To
Arabic and Aramaic languages
German and English Languages
Derived From
Aramaic Language
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2226
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
06
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2221
9
60
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Scripts
Hebrew
Latin
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
66
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks24 weeks
3
88
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Hello
שלום (Shalom)
Hallo
Thank You
תודה (Toda)
dankjewel
How Are You?
מה שלומך? (ma shlomxa)
hoe gaat het met je?
Good Night
לילה טוב (Laila tov)
goede Nacht
Good Evening
ערב טוב (Erev tov)
goedenavond
Good Afternoon
אחר צהריים טובים (Achar tzahara'im tovim)
goedemiddag
Good Morning
בוקר טוב (Boker tov)
goedemorgen
Please
בבקשה (bevekshah)
alsjeblieft
Sorry
סליחה! (Slicha)
sorry
Bye
להתראות (Lehitraot)
vaarwel
I Love You
אני אוהבת אותך (Ani ohevet otcha)
Ik hou van jou
Excuse Me
בבקשה!
pardon
Dialect 1
Ashkenazi Hebrew
Gronings
Where They Speak
Israel
Netherlands
How Many People Speak
9,200,000.00590,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Samaritan Hebrew
Low Saxon
Where They Speak
Israel, Palestine
Denmark, Germany, Netherlands
How Many People Speak
9,000,000.004,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Yemenite Hebrew
Limburgian
Where They Speak
Israel
Belgium, Netherlands
How Many People Speak
9,000,000.001,300,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
77
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
9.00 million28.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.11 %0.32 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
4.40 million22.00 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
5.60 million6.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
עברית / עִבְרִית (ivrit)
Nederlands
Alternative Names
Israeli, Ivrit
Hollands, Nederlands
French Name
hébreu
néerlandais; flamand
German Name
Hebräisch
Niederländisch
Pronunciation
[(ʔ)ivˈʁit] - [(ʔ)ivˈɾit]
[ˈneːdərlɑnts]
Ethnicity
Hebrew-speaking people
Dutch people
Origin
1000 BC
AD 450-500
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Semitic
Germanic
Branch
Canaanitic
Western
Language Forms
Early Forms
Biblical Hebrew, Mishnaic Hebrew, Medieval Hebrew, Hebrew
Old Dutch, Middle Dutch and Dutch
Standard Forms
Modern Hebrew
Standard Dutch
Language Position
2348
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Hebrew
Signed Dutch (Nederlands met Gebaren)
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
he
nl
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
heb
nld
ISO 639 2/B
heb
dut
ISO 639 3
heb
nld
ISO 639 6
heb
nld
Glottocode
hebr1246
mode1257
Linguasphere
12-AAB-a
52-ACB-a
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Historical
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object, Verb-Subject-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
Synthetic