Countries
Israel
South Africa
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
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National Language
Israel
South Africa
Second Language
Israel
Lesotho, South Africa
Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia, Europe
Africa
Minority Language
Poland
Botswana, Lesotho
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.
- Xhosa has 15 click sounds, borrowed from the khoi-khoi and san languages of the South Africa.
- The same sequence of consonants and vowels can have different meaning when said with different tones, so Xhosa is tonal.
Similar To
Arabic and Aramaic languages
Zulu, Swazi, and Ndebele
Derived From
Aramaic Language
Khoi-Khoi and San Languages
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2253
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
010
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2243
9
60
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Scripts
Hebrew
Latin
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
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Hard to Learn
Language Levels
63
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
שלום (Shalom)
Molo
Thank You
תודה (Toda)
Ndiyabulela
How Are You?
מה שלומך? (ma shlomxa)
Unjani
Good Night
לילה טוב (Laila tov)
Ulale kakuhle
Good Evening
ערב טוב (Erev tov)
Ubusuku obuhle
Good Afternoon
אחר צהריים טובים (Achar tzahara'im tovim)
Uben' emva kwemini entle
Good Morning
בוקר טוב (Boker tov)
Molo
Please
בבקשה (bevekshah)
Ndicela
Sorry
סליחה! (Slicha)
Ndicela uxolo
Bye
להתראות (Lehitraot)
Uhambe/Usale kakuhle
I Love You
אני אוהבת אותך (Ani ohevet otcha)
Ndiyakuthanda
Excuse Me
בבקשה!
Uxolo
Dialect 1
Ashkenazi Hebrew
Gcaleka
Where They Speak
Israel
South Africa
How Many People Speak
9,200,000.0019,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Samaritan Hebrew
Thembu
Where They Speak
Israel, Palestine
South Africa
How Many People Speak
9,000,000.0019,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Yemenite Hebrew
Hlubi
Where They Speak
Israel
South Africa
How Many People Speak
9,000,000.0019.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
79
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
9.00 million20.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.11 %0.11 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
4.40 million8.20 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
5.60 million11.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
עברית / עִבְרִית (ivrit)
isiXhosa
Alternative Names
Israeli, Ivrit
“Cauzuh” (pej.), Isixhosa, Koosa, Xosa
French Name
hébreu
xhosa
German Name
Hebräisch
Xhosa-Sprache
Pronunciation
[(ʔ)ivˈʁit] - [(ʔ)ivˈɾit]
[ˈkǁʰɔ̀ːsa]
Ethnicity
Hebrew-speaking people
amaXhosa, amaBhaca
Origin
1000 BC
16th 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
isiXhosa
Language Position
2321
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Hebrew
Signed Xhosa
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
he
xh
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
heb
xho
ISO 639 2/B
heb
xho
ISO 639 3
heb
xho
ISO 639 6
heb
xho
Glottocode
hebr1246
xhos1239
Linguasphere
12-AAB-a
99-AUT-fa
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object, Verb-Subject-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
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