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Hebrew and English


English and Hebrew


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
1   
14
33   
2

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   
Not Available   

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   
Not Available   

Derived From
Aramaic Language   
Latin   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
22   
4
26   
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
0   
5   
2

How Many Consonants
22   
12
21   
11

Scripts
Hebrew   
Latin   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
7   
6

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
6 weeks   
3

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
Not Available   
225,000,000.00   
3

Dialect 2
Samaritan Hebrew   
Hiberno-English   

Where They Speak
Israel, Palestine   
Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
4,500,000.00   
15

Dialect 3
Yemenite Hebrew   
Welsh English   

Where They Speak
Israel   
United Kingdom   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
2,500,000.00   
14

Total No. Of Dialects
7   
7
188   
34

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
9.00 million   
99+
1,200.00 million   
1

Speaking Population
Not Available   
5.43 %   
4

Native Speakers
4.40 million   
99+
400.00 million   
3

Second Language Speakers
5.60 million   
27
400.00 million   
1

Native Name
עברית / עִבְרִית (ivrit)   
English   

Alternative Names
Israeli, Ivrit   
Not Available   

French Name
hébreu   
anglais   

German Name
Hebräisch   
Englisch   

Pronunciation
[(ʔ)ivˈʁit] - [(ʔ)ivˈɾit]   
/ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ/   

Ethnicity
Not Available   
Not Available   

History

Origin
1000 BC   
5th Century AD   

Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Semitic   
Not Available   

Branch
Canaanitic   
Not Available   

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
23   
19
3   
3

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
Not Available   
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   

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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.

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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 Not Available 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.

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