Countries
Israel
Zimbabwe
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
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National Language
Israel
Botswana, Mozambique, Zimbabwe
Second Language
Israel
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia, Europe
Africa
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.
- Shona language is tonal language.
- The African people in Zimbabwe is made of 10 ethnic groups, each speaking a different languages, shona is spoken by 60 percent of population.
Similar To
Arabic and Aramaic languages
Kalanga and Nambya Language
Derived From
Aramaic Language
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
2237
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
05
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2246
9
60
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Scripts
Hebrew
Latin
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
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Hard to Learn
Language Levels
64
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks30 weeks
3
88
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Hello
שלום (Shalom)
Mhoro
Thank You
תודה (Toda)
Waita zvako
How Are You?
מה שלומך? (ma shlomxa)
Wakadini zvako?
Good Night
לילה טוב (Laila tov)
Urare zvakanaka
Good Evening
ערב טוב (Erev tov)
Manheru
Good Afternoon
אחר צהריים טובים (Achar tzahara'im tovim)
Masikati
Good Morning
בוקר טוב (Boker tov)
Mangwanani
Please
בבקשה (bevekshah)
Ndinokumbirawo
Sorry
סליחה! (Slicha)
Ndineurombo
Bye
להתראות (Lehitraot)
bye
I Love You
אני אוהבת אותך (Ani ohevet otcha)
Ndinokuda
Excuse Me
בבקשה!
Pamusoro
Dialect 1
Ashkenazi Hebrew
Hwesa
Where They Speak
Israel
Zimbabwe
How Many People Speak
9,200,000.0011,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Samaritan Hebrew
Karanga
Where They Speak
Israel, Palestine
southern Zimbabwe
How Many People Speak
9,000,000.001,100,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Yemenite Hebrew
Zezuru
Where They Speak
Israel
central Zimbabwe, Mashonaland
How Many People Speak
9,000,000.0016.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
74
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
9.00 million25.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.11 %0.13 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
4.40 million8.30 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
5.60 million16.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
עברית / עִבְרִית (ivrit)
chiShona
Alternative Names
Israeli, Ivrit
Chishona, “Swina” (pej.), Zezuru
French Name
hébreu
shona
German Name
Hebräisch
Schona-Sprache
Pronunciation
[(ʔ)ivˈʁit] - [(ʔ)ivˈɾit]
[ʃoːna]
Ethnicity
Hebrew-speaking people
Shona people
Origin
1000 BC
20th century
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
Semitic
Benue-Congo
Branch
Canaanitic
Bantu
Language Forms
Early Forms
Biblical Hebrew, Mishnaic Hebrew, Medieval Hebrew, Hebrew
Old Shona and Middle Shona
Standard Forms
Modern Hebrew
Standard Shona
Language Position
23107
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Hebrew
Signed Shona
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
he
sn
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
heb
sna
ISO 639 2/B
heb
sna
ISO 639 3
heb
sna
ISO 639 6
heb
sna
Glottocode
hebr1246
core1255
Linguasphere
12-AAB-a
99-AUT-a
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object, Verb-Subject-Object
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Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
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