Countries
Israel
Nigeria
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
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National Language
Israel
Nigeria
Second Language
Israel
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia, Europe
Africa
Minority Language
Poland
Equatorial Guinea
Regulated By
Academy of the Hebrew Language
Society for Promoting Igbo Language and Culture
Interesting Facts
- The original language of Bible is Hebrew.
- The men and women use different verbs in hebrew language.
- In Igbo, there is complicated system of high and low tones indicating differences in meaning and grammatical relationships.
- Igbo has inexhaustible and rich linguistic features like idioms, proverbs, aphorisms, anecdotes etc.
Similar To
Arabic and Aramaic languages
Yoruba and Hausa Languages
Derived From
Aramaic Language
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2236
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
08
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2228
9
60
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Scripts
Hebrew
Latin
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
63
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks52 weeks
3
88
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Hello
שלום (Shalom)
kedụ
Thank You
תודה (Toda)
dalụ
How Are You?
מה שלומך? (ma shlomxa)
kedụ ka ịmere
Good Night
לילה טוב (Laila tov)
ka chi fo
Good Evening
ערב טוב (Erev tov)
mgbede ọma
Good Afternoon
אחר צהריים טובים (Achar tzahara'im tovim)
ehihie ọma
Good Morning
בוקר טוב (Boker tov)
ụtụtụ ọma
Please
בבקשה (bevekshah)
Biko
Sorry
סליחה! (Slicha)
Ndo
Bye
להתראות (Lehitraot)
Kachifo
I Love You
אני אוהבת אותך (Ani ohevet otcha)
a hụrụ m gị n'anya
Excuse Me
בבקשה!
ngọpụ
Dialect 1
Ashkenazi Hebrew
Enuani
Where They Speak
Israel
Nigeria
How Many People Speak
9,200,000.0028,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Samaritan Hebrew
Ngwa
Where They Speak
Israel, Palestine
Nigeria
How Many People Speak
9,000,000.001,500,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Yemenite Hebrew
Not present
Where They Speak
Israel
-
How Many People Speak
9,000,000.0024.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
720
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
9.00 million25.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.11 %0.09 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
4.40 million25.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
5.60 million24.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
עברית / עִבְרִית (ivrit)
igbo
Alternative Names
Israeli, Ivrit
Ibo
French Name
hébreu
igbo
German Name
Hebräisch
Ibo-Sprache
Pronunciation
[(ʔ)ivˈʁit] - [(ʔ)ivˈɾit]
[iɡ͡boː]
Ethnicity
Hebrew-speaking people
Igbo people
Origin
1000 BC
30th Century BC
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
Semitic
Kwa
Branch
Canaanitic
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Biblical Hebrew, Mishnaic Hebrew, Medieval Hebrew, Hebrew
No early forms
Standard Forms
Modern Hebrew
Standard Igbo
Language Position
2357
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Hebrew
Igbo Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
he
ig
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
heb
ibo
ISO 639 2/B
heb
ibo
ISO 639 3
heb
ibo
ISO 639 6
heb
ibo
Glottocode
hebr1246
nucl1417
Linguasphere
12-AAB-a
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object, Verb-Subject-Object
-
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
Agglutinative