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Countries

Countries

Israel
Cyprus, European Union, Greece

Total No. Of Countries

13
0 46
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National Language

Israel
Albania, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine

Second Language

Israel
Roman Empire

Speaking Continents

Africa, Asia, Europe
Asia, Europe

Minority Language

Poland
Albania, Armenia, Australia, Hungary, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine

Regulated By

Academy of the Hebrew Language
Center for the Greek language (Κέντρον Ελληνικής Γλώσσας)

Interesting Facts

  • The original language of Bible is Hebrew.
  • The men and women use different verbs in hebrew language.
  • Greek is the longest documented language of all the Indo-European Langauges.
  • The official language of education in the Roman Empire was Greek.

Similar To

Arabic and Aramaic languages
Armenian

Derived From

Aramaic Language
Latin

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

2224
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

07
0 32
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How Many Consonants

2217
9 60
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Scripts

Hebrew
Arabic, 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 weeks44 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

שלום (Shalom)
γεια σας (geia sas)

Thank You

תודה (Toda)
ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱)

How Are You?

מה שלומך? (ma shlomxa)
πώς είσαι (pó̱s eísai)

Good Night

לילה טוב (Laila tov)
Καληνυχτα (Kali̱nychta)

Good Evening

ערב טוב (Erev tov)
καλησπέρα (kali̱spéra)

Good Afternoon

אחר צהריים טובים (Achar tzahara'im tovim)
Καλὸ ἀπόγευμα (Kaló apóyevma)

Good Morning

בוקר טוב (Boker tov)
καλημέρα (kali̱méra)

Please

בבקשה (bevekshah)
παρακαλώ (parakaló̱)

Sorry

סליחה! (Slicha)
συγνώμη (sygnó̱mi̱)

Bye

להתראות (Lehitraot)
αντίο (antío)

I Love You

אני אוהבת אותך (Ani ohevet otcha)
Σε αγαπώ (Se agapó̱)

Excuse Me

בבקשה!
Με συγχωρείτε! (Me synhoríte)

Dialects

Dialect 1

Ashkenazi Hebrew
Cappadocian Greek

Where They Speak

Israel
Greece

How Many People Speak

9,200,000.002,800.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Samaritan Hebrew
Griko

Where They Speak

Israel, Palestine
Italy

How Many People Speak

9,000,000.0050,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Yemenite Hebrew
Mariupol

Where They Speak

Israel
Ukraine

How Many People Speak

9,000,000.0013,000,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

725
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

9.00 million13.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.11 %0.18 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

4.40 million13.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

5.60 million13.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

עברית / עִבְרִית (ivrit)
ελληνικά

Alternative Names

Israeli, Ivrit
Ellinika, Graecae, Grec, Greco, Neo-Hellenic, Romaic

French Name

hébreu
grec moderne (après 1453)

German Name

Hebräisch
Neugriechisch

Pronunciation

[(ʔ)ivˈʁit] - [(ʔ)ivˈɾit]
[eliniˈka]

Ethnicity

Hebrew-speaking people
Greeks or Hellenes

History

Origin

1000 BC
1500 BC

Language Family

Afro-Asiatic Family
Indo-European Family

Subgroup

Semitic
Hellenic

Branch

Canaanitic
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Language Forms

Early Forms

Biblical Hebrew, Mishnaic Hebrew, Medieval Hebrew, Hebrew
Proto-Greek, Mycenaean Greek, Ancient Greek, Koine Greek and Medieval Greek

Standard Forms

Modern Hebrew
Modern Greek

Language Position

2374
1 120
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Signed Forms

Signed Hebrew
Greek Sign Language

Scope

Individual
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

he
el

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

heb
ell

ISO 639 2/B

heb
gre

ISO 639 3

heb
ell

ISO 639 6

heb
ells

Glottocode

hebr1246
gree1276

Linguasphere

12-AAB-a
56-AAA-a

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

Subject-Verb-Object, Verb-Subject-Object
Subject-Verb-Object

Language Morphological Typology

Fusional, Synthetic
Fusional, Synthetic

Hebrew and Greek Alphabets

Hebrew and Greek Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Hebrew and Greek. In Hebrew Alphabets there are 22 letters while in Greek Alphabets there are 24 letters. To learn Hebrew and Greek languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Hebrew and Greek 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 Greek greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Hebrew and Greek are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Hebrew and Greek Speaking population

Hebrew and Greek speaking population is one of the factors based on which Hebrew and Greek languages can be compared. The total count of Hebrew and Greek Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Hebrew language is 0.11 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Greek language is 0.18 %. 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 Greek on Hebrew vs Greek where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Hebrew and Greek Language Codes

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