Countries
Israel
Burma
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
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National Language
Israel
Burundi, Gambia
Second Language
Israel
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia, Europe
Africa, Asia
Minority Language
Poland
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Academy of the Hebrew Language
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Interesting Facts
- The original language of Bible is Hebrew.
- The men and women use different verbs in hebrew language.
- Kirundi language is tonal, since it has high and low essential tones.
- Kirundi Language is referred as a language where Meeussen's rule is active, this rule describes a certain pattern of tonal change in Bantu languages.
Similar To
Arabic and Aramaic languages
Kinyarwanda Language
Derived From
Aramaic Language
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
2221
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
05
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2219
9
60
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Scripts
Hebrew
Latin
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
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Hard to Learn
Language Levels
66
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks36 weeks
3
88
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Hello
שלום (Shalom)
Bwakeye
Thank You
תודה (Toda)
Urakoze
How Are You?
מה שלומך? (ma shlomxa)
Urakomeye?
Good Night
לילה טוב (Laila tov)
Ijoro ryiza
Good Evening
ערב טוב (Erev tov)
Mwiriwe
Good Afternoon
אחר צהריים טובים (Achar tzahara'im tovim)
Mwiriwe
Good Morning
בוקר טוב (Boker tov)
Mwaramutse
Please
בבקשה (bevekshah)
Ndagusavye
Sorry
סליחה! (Slicha)
Ndasubiza
Bye
להתראות (Lehitraot)
N’agasaga
I Love You
אני אוהבת אותך (Ani ohevet otcha)
Ndi waramutse
Excuse Me
בבקשה!
Ndasaba
Dialect 1
Ashkenazi Hebrew
Rwanda-Rundi
Where They Speak
Israel
Burundi, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda
How Many People Speak
9,200,000.0020,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Samaritan Hebrew
Ha
Where They Speak
Israel, Palestine
Tanzania
How Many People Speak
9,000,000.00990,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Yemenite Hebrew
Shubi
Where They Speak
Israel
Tanzania
How Many People Speak
9,000,000.00153,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
76
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
9.00 million8.80 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.11 %0.13 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
4.40 million8.80 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
5.60 million12.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
עברית / עִבְרִית (ivrit)
íkiRǔndi
Alternative Names
Israeli, Ivrit
Rundi, Urundi
French Name
hébreu
rundi
German Name
Hebräisch
Kirundi
Pronunciation
[(ʔ)ivˈʁit] - [(ʔ)ivˈɾit]
[kɪˈrʊndi]
Ethnicity
Hebrew-speaking people
Hutu, Tutsi, and Twa
Origin
1000 BC
1500
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
Semitic
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Branch
Canaanitic
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Language Forms
Early Forms
Biblical Hebrew, Mishnaic Hebrew, Medieval Hebrew, Hebrew
No early forms
Standard Forms
Modern Hebrew
Kirundi
Language Position
2386
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Hebrew
Kirundi Sign Language
Scope
Individual
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ISO 639 1
he
rn
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
heb
run
ISO 639 2/B
heb
run
ISO 639 3
heb
run
ISO 639 6
heb
run
Glottocode
hebr1246
rund1242
Linguasphere
12-AAB-a
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
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Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object, Verb-Subject-Object
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Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
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