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 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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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)
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?
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
Origin
1000 BC
1500 BC
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Semitic
Hellenic
Branch
Canaanitic
-
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
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