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Countries

Countries

Israel
Barbados, Belize, Botswana, Cameroon, Canada, Dominica, Fiji, Ghana, India, Ireland, Jamaica, Kenya, Malta, Mauritius, Micronesia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Samoa, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Somaliland, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda, United Kingdom, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Total No. Of Countries

133
0 46
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National Language

Israel
Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Gibraltar, Grenada, Guam, Guyana, Jersey, Montserrat, Nauru, Singapore, Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom, United States of America

Second Language

Israel
India, Nigeria, Pakistan, Singapore

Speaking Continents

Africa, Asia, Europe
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, South America

Minority Language

Poland
South Africa

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.
  • Most of the English words begin with the letter S than any other letter.
  • English is third most commonly spoken language in the world.

Similar To

Arabic and Aramaic languages
Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish and German Languages

Derived From

Aramaic Language
Latin

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

2226
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

05
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

67
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

44 weeks6 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

שלום (Shalom)
Hello

Thank You

תודה (Toda)
Thank you

How Are You?

מה שלומך? (ma shlomxa)
How are you?

Good Night

לילה טוב (Laila tov)
Good Night

Good Evening

ערב טוב (Erev tov)
Good Evening

Good Afternoon

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

Good Morning

בוקר טוב (Boker tov)
Good Morning

Please

בבקשה (bevekshah)
Please

Sorry

סליחה! (Slicha)
Sorry

Bye

להתראות (Lehitraot)
Bye

I Love You

אני אוהבת אותך (Ani ohevet otcha)
I love you

Excuse Me

בבקשה!
Excuse Me

Dialects

Dialect 1

Ashkenazi Hebrew
American English

Where They Speak

Israel
United States of America

How Many People Speak

9,200,000.00225,000,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Samaritan Hebrew
Hiberno-English

Where They Speak

Israel, Palestine
Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom

How Many People Speak

9,000,000.004,500,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Yemenite Hebrew
Welsh English

Where They Speak

Israel
United Kingdom

How Many People Speak

9,000,000.002,500,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

7188
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

9.00 million1,200.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.11 %5.43 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

4.40 million400.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

5.60 million400.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

עברית / עִבְרִית (ivrit)
English

Alternative Names

Israeli, Ivrit
English

French Name

hébreu
anglais

German Name

Hebräisch
Englisch

Pronunciation

[(ʔ)ivˈʁit] - [(ʔ)ivˈɾit]
/ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ/

Ethnicity

Hebrew-speaking people
English people

History

Origin

1000 BC
5th Century AD

Language Family

Afro-Asiatic Family
Indo-European Family

Subgroup

Semitic
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Branch

Canaanitic
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Language Forms

Early Forms

Biblical Hebrew, Mishnaic Hebrew, Medieval Hebrew, Hebrew
Old English, Middle English, Early Modern English and English

Standard Forms

Modern Hebrew
Standard English

Language Position

233
1 120
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Signed Forms

Signed Hebrew
Signed English

Scope

Individual
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

he
en

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

heb
eng

ISO 639 2/B

heb
eng

ISO 639 3

heb
eng

ISO 639 6

heb
engs

Glottocode

hebr1246
stan1293

Linguasphere

12-AAB-a
52-ABA

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, Fusional, Isolating, Synthetic

Hebrew and English Alphabets

Hebrew and English Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Hebrew and English. In Hebrew Alphabets there are 22 letters while in English Alphabets there are 26 letters. To learn Hebrew and English languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Hebrew and English languages. The Hebrew phonology consist Hebrew vowels and Hebrew consonants. After alphabets, words are to be learned and after words, phrases in that language. Take a look at Hebrew greetings vs English greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Hebrew and English are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Hebrew and English Speaking population

Hebrew and English speaking population is one of the factors based on which Hebrew and English languages can be compared. The total count of Hebrew and English Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Hebrew language is 0.11 % whereas the percentage of people speaking English language is 5.43 %. 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 English on Hebrew vs English where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Hebrew and English Language Codes

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