Countries
Israel
Iraq, Kurdistan
Total No. Of Countries
12
0
46
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National Language
Israel
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Turkey
Second Language
Israel
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia, Europe
Middle East
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.
- The vocabulary in Kurdish is of Iranian origin.
- In the middle East, Kurdish is the fourth largest ethnic group.
Similar To
Arabic and Aramaic languages
Farsi Language
Derived From
Aramaic Language
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
2233
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
08
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2229
9
60
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Scripts
Hebrew
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
64
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks4 weeks
3
88
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Hello
שלום (Shalom)
Silaw
Thank You
תודה (Toda)
Sipas
How Are You?
מה שלומך? (ma shlomxa)
Tu çawa yî?
Good Night
לילה טוב (Laila tov)
Şev xweş
Good Evening
ערב טוב (Erev tov)
Evare baş
Good Afternoon
אחר צהריים טובים (Achar tzahara'im tovim)
Nee-wa-rowt bash
Good Morning
בוקר טוב (Boker tov)
Bayanit bash
Please
בבקשה (bevekshah)
Bê zehmet
Sorry
סליחה! (Slicha)
Bibûre
Bye
להתראות (Lehitraot)
Be xêr çî
I Love You
אני אוהבת אותך (Ani ohevet otcha)
Ez te hez dikem
Excuse Me
בבקשה!
Bê zehmet
Dialect 1
Ashkenazi Hebrew
Northern Kurdish
Where They Speak
Israel
northern Iraq, northern Syria, northwest Iran, southeast Turkey
How Many People Speak
9,200,000.0020,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Samaritan Hebrew
Central Kurdish
Where They Speak
Israel, Palestine
Iraq, Kurdistan Province of western Iran
How Many People Speak
9,000,000.005,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Yemenite Hebrew
Southern Kurdish
Where They Speak
Israel
Eastern Iraq
How Many People Speak
9,000,000.003,000,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
73
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
9.00 million28.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.11 %0.31 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
4.40 million21.00 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
5.60 million20.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
עברית / עִבְרִית (ivrit)
Kurdí / کوردی / к’öрди
Alternative Names
Israeli, Ivrit
Kurdî, کوردی
French Name
hébreu
kurde
German Name
Hebräisch
Kurdisch
Pronunciation
[(ʔ)ivˈʁit] - [(ʔ)ivˈɾit]
[kʊɾdɪʃ]
Ethnicity
Hebrew-speaking people
Kurds
Origin
1000 BC
16th century CE
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Semitic
Indo-Iranian
Branch
Canaanitic
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Language Forms
Early Forms
Biblical Hebrew, Mishnaic Hebrew, Medieval Hebrew, Hebrew
Old Kurdish and Middle Kurdish
Standard Forms
Modern Hebrew
Kurdish
Language Position
2314
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Hebrew
Kurdish Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Macrolanguage
ISO 639 1
he
ku
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
heb
kur
ISO 639 2/B
heb
kur
ISO 639 3
heb
kur
ISO 639 6
heb
kur
Glottocode
hebr1246
kurd1259
Linguasphere
12-AAB-a
58-AAA-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
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