Countries
Israel
African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community, Kenya
Total No. Of Countries
14
0
46
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National Language
Israel
Burundi, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, South Sudan, Tanzania
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
Chama cha Kiswahili cha Taifa (Kenya)
Interesting Facts
- The original language of Bible is Hebrew.
- The men and women use different verbs in hebrew language.
- Swahili language has borrowed many words from Arabic language.
- The oldest written scripts in swahili language were found in 18th century.
Similar To
Arabic and Aramaic languages
Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi Languages
Derived From
Aramaic Language
Arabic Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2224
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
05
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2221
9
60
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Scripts
Hebrew
Latin
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
63
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks36 weeks
3
88
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Hello
שלום (Shalom)
Habari
Thank You
תודה (Toda)
Asante
How Are You?
מה שלומך? (ma shlomxa)
Habari gani?
Good Night
לילה טוב (Laila tov)
Usiku mwema
Good Evening
ערב טוב (Erev tov)
Habari za jioni
Good Afternoon
אחר צהריים טובים (Achar tzahara'im tovim)
nzuri Alasiri
Good Morning
בוקר טוב (Boker tov)
Habari za asubuhi
Please
בבקשה (bevekshah)
tafadhali
Sorry
סליחה! (Slicha)
pole
Bye
להתראות (Lehitraot)
bye
I Love You
אני אוהבת אותך (Ani ohevet otcha)
nakupenda
Excuse Me
בבקשה!
Samahani
Dialect 1
Ashkenazi Hebrew
Kiunguja
Where They Speak
Israel
Zanzibar island
How Many People Speak
9,200,000.0075,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Samaritan Hebrew
Kimrima
Where They Speak
Israel, Palestine
Dar es Salaam
How Many People Speak
9,000,000.0075,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Yemenite Hebrew
Kimgao
Where They Speak
Israel
Kilwa
How Many People Speak
9,000,000.0075,000,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
712
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
9.00 million150.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.11 %0.42 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
4.40 million15.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
5.60 million75.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
עברית / עִבְרִית (ivrit)
Kiswahili
Alternative Names
Israeli, Ivrit
Kisuaheli, Kiswahili
French Name
hébreu
swahili
German Name
Hebräisch
Swahili
Pronunciation
[(ʔ)ivˈʁit] - [(ʔ)ivˈɾit]
[swaˈhili]
Ethnicity
Hebrew-speaking people
Swahili people or Waswahili
Origin
1000 BC
6th 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
No early forms
Standard Forms
Modern Hebrew
Swahili
Language Position
2321
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Hebrew
Swahili Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual, Macrolanguage
ISO 639 1
he
sw
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
heb
swa
ISO 639 2/B
heb
swa
ISO 639 3
heb
swa
ISO 639 6
heb
swa
Glottocode
hebr1246
swah1254
Linguasphere
12-AAB-a
99-AUS-m
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object, Verb-Subject-Object
-
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
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