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Countries

Countries

Israel
Japan

Total No. Of Countries

11
0 46
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National Language

Israel
Japan

Second Language

Israel
Not spoken in any of the countries

Speaking Continents

Africa, Asia, Europe
Asia, Pacific

Minority Language

Poland
Palau

Regulated By

Academy of the Hebrew Language
Agency for Cultural Affairs (文化庁) at the Ministry of Education

Interesting Facts

  • The original language of Bible is Hebrew.
  • The men and women use different verbs in hebrew language.
  • In Japanese Language, there are 4 different ways to address people: kun, chan, san and sama.
  • There are many words in Japanese language which end with vowel letter, which determines the structure and rhythm of Japanese.

Similar To

Arabic and Aramaic languages
Korean Language

Derived From

Aramaic Language
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Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

2299
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

05
0 32
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How Many Consonants

2214
9 60
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Scripts

Hebrew
Kana

Writing Direction

Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

65
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

44 weeks88 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

שלום (Shalom)
こんにちは (Kon'nichiwa)

Thank You

תודה (Toda)
ありがとう (Arigatō)

How Are You?

מה שלומך? (ma shlomxa)
お元気ですか (O genki desu ka?)

Good Night

לילה טוב (Laila tov)
おやすみなさい (Oyasuminasai)

Good Evening

ערב טוב (Erev tov)
こんばんは (Konbanwa)

Good Afternoon

אחר צהריים טובים (Achar tzahara'im tovim)
こんにちは (Konnichiwa!)

Good Morning

בוקר טוב (Boker tov)
おはよう (Ohayō)

Please

בבקשה (bevekshah)
お願いします (Onegaishimasu)

Sorry

סליחה! (Slicha)
ごめんなさい (Gomen'nasai)

Bye

להתראות (Lehitraot)
さようなら (Sayōnara)

I Love You

אני אוהבת אותך (Ani ohevet otcha)
愛しています (Aishiteimasu)

Excuse Me

בבקשה!
すみません (Sumimasen)

Dialects

Dialect 1

Ashkenazi Hebrew
Sanuki

Where They Speak

Israel
Kagawa

How Many People Speak

9,200,000.001,000,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Samaritan Hebrew
Hakata

Where They Speak

Israel, Palestine
Fukuoka

How Many People Speak

9,000,000.00127,000,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Yemenite Hebrew
Kansai

Where They Speak

Israel
kansai

How Many People Speak

9,000,000.00127,000,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

731
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

9.00 million128.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.11 %1.90 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

4.40 million128.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

5.60 million3.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

עברית / עִבְרִית (ivrit)
日本語

Alternative Names

Israeli, Ivrit
Nihongo

French Name

hébreu
japonais

German Name

Hebräisch
Japanisch

Pronunciation

[(ʔ)ivˈʁit] - [(ʔ)ivˈɾit]
/nihoɴɡo/: [nihõŋɡo], [nihõŋŋo]

Ethnicity

Hebrew-speaking people
Japanese (Yamato)

History

Origin

1000 BC
1185

Language Family

Afro-Asiatic Family
Japonic 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 Japanese, Early Middle Japanese, Late Middle Japanese and Early Modern Japanese

Standard Forms

Modern Hebrew
Japanese

Language Position

238
1 120
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Signed Forms

Signed Hebrew
Signed Japanese

Scope

Individual
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

he
ja

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

heb
jpn

ISO 639 2/B

heb
jpn

ISO 639 3

heb
jpn

ISO 639 6

heb
jpn

Glottocode

hebr1246
nucl1643

Linguasphere

12-AAB-a
45-CAA-a

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

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

Language Morphological Typology

Fusional, Synthetic
Agglutinative, Synthetic

Hebrew and Japanese Alphabets

Hebrew and Japanese Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Hebrew and Japanese. In Hebrew Alphabets there are 22 letters while in Japanese Alphabets there are 99 letters. To learn Hebrew and Japanese languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Hebrew and Japanese 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 Japanese greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Hebrew and Japanese are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Hebrew and Japanese Speaking population

Hebrew and Japanese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Hebrew and Japanese languages can be compared. The total count of Hebrew and Japanese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Hebrew language is 0.11 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Japanese language is 1.90 %. 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 Japanese on Hebrew vs Japanese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Hebrew and Japanese Language Codes

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