Countries
Israel
European Union, Latvia
Total No. Of Countries
12
0
46
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National Language
Israel
Latvia
Second Language
Israel
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia, Europe
Europe
Minority Language
Poland
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Academy of the Hebrew Language
Latvian State Language Center
Interesting Facts
- The original language of Bible is Hebrew.
- The men and women use different verbs in hebrew language.
- The first written form of Latvian dates from 16th century was found in religious texts.
- The old latvian language was based on the a Gothic script.
Similar To
Arabic and Aramaic languages
Lithuanian Language
Derived From
Aramaic Language
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2233
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
09
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2224
9
60
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Scripts
Hebrew
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)
Sveiki
Thank You
תודה (Toda)
Paldies
How Are You?
מה שלומך? (ma shlomxa)
Kā jums klājas?
Good Night
לילה טוב (Laila tov)
Ar labunakti
Good Evening
ערב טוב (Erev tov)
Labvakar
Good Afternoon
אחר צהריים טובים (Achar tzahara'im tovim)
Labdien
Good Morning
בוקר טוב (Boker tov)
Labrīt
Please
בבקשה (bevekshah)
lūdzu
Sorry
סליחה! (Slicha)
Piedodiet!
Bye
להתראות (Lehitraot)
Uz redzēšanos
I Love You
אני אוהבת אותך (Ani ohevet otcha)
Es tevi mīlu
Excuse Me
בבקשה!
Piedodiet!
Dialect 1
Ashkenazi Hebrew
Livonian
Where They Speak
Israel
Latvia
How Many People Speak
9,200,000.001,500,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Samaritan Hebrew
Middle Latvian
Where They Speak
Israel, Palestine
Latvia
How Many People Speak
9,000,000.002,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Yemenite Hebrew
High Latvian
Where They Speak
Israel
France, Latvia
How Many People Speak
9,000,000.001,500,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
73
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
9.00 million1.75 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.11 %0.07 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
4.40 million1.75 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
5.60 million2.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
עברית / עִבְרִית (ivrit)
latviešu valoda
Alternative Names
Israeli, Ivrit
Lettish
French Name
hébreu
letton
German Name
Hebräisch
Lettisch
Pronunciation
[(ʔ)ivˈʁit] - [(ʔ)ivˈɾit]
[ˈlætviən]
Ethnicity
Hebrew-speaking people
Latvians or Letts
Origin
1000 BC
1530
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Semitic
Baltic
Branch
Canaanitic
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Biblical Hebrew, Mishnaic Hebrew, Medieval Hebrew, Hebrew
No early forms
Standard Forms
Modern Hebrew
Latvian
Language Position
239
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Hebrew
Latvian Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Macrolanguage
ISO 639 1
he
lv
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
heb
lav
ISO 639 2/B
heb
lav
ISO 639 3
heb
lav
ISO 639 6
heb
lav
Glottocode
hebr1246
latv1249
Linguasphere
12-AAB-a
54-AAB-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
Synthetic