1 Countries
1.1 Countries
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
5.2 National Language
5.3 Second Language
Israel
Lesotho, South Africa
5.4 Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia, Europe
Africa
5.5 Minority Language
5.6 Regulated By
Academy of the Hebrew Language
Not Available
5.7 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.
5.8 Similar To
Arabic and Aramaic languages
Zulu, Swazi, and Ndebele
5.9 Derived From
Aramaic Language
Khoi-Khoi and San Languages
6 Alphabets
6.1 Alphabets in
6.2 Alphabets
7.9 Phonology
7.9.1 How Many Vowels
7.9.2 How Many Consonants
9.3 Scripts
9.4 Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Not Available
9.5 Hard to Learn
9.5.1 Language Levels
10.2.1 Time Taken to Learn
2 Greetings
2.1 Hello
2.2 Thank You
2.3 How Are You?
מה שלומך? (ma shlomxa)
Unjani
2.4 Good Night
לילה טוב (Laila tov)
Ulale kakuhle
2.5 Good Evening
ערב טוב (Erev tov)
Ubusuku obuhle
2.6 Good Afternoon
אחר צהריים טובים (Achar tzahara'im tovim)
Uben' emva kwemini entle
2.7 Good Morning
בוקר טוב (Boker tov)
Molo
2.8 Please
בבקשה (bevekshah)
Ndicela
2.9 Sorry
סליחה! (Slicha)
Ndicela uxolo
2.10 Bye
להתראות (Lehitraot)
Uhambe/Usale kakuhle
2.11 I Love You
אני אוהבת אותך (Ani ohevet otcha)
Ndiyakuthanda
2.12 Excuse Me
3 Dialects
3.1 Dialect 1
3.1.1 Where They Speak
3.1.2 How Many People Speak
5.4 Dialect 2
5.4.1 Where They Speak
Israel, Palestine
South Africa
5.4.2 How Many People Speak
5.8 Dialect 3
5.8.1 Where They Speak
5.8.2 How Many People Speak
5.9 Total No. Of Dialects
2 How Many People Speak
2.1 How Many People Speak?
9.00 million20.00 million
0.13
1200
5.8 Speaking Population
7.10 Native Speakers
4.40 million8.20 million
0.13
873
7.15.2 Second Language Speakers
5.60 million11.00 million
0.01
400
1.2.2 Native Name
עברית / עִבְרִית (ivrit)
isiXhosa
1.2.3 Alternative Names
Israeli, Ivrit
“Cauzuh” (pej.), Isixhosa, Koosa, Xosa
1.2.4 French Name
1.2.5 German Name
1.3 Pronunciation
[(ʔ)ivˈʁit] - [(ʔ)ivˈɾit]
Not Available
1.4 Ethnicity
Not Available
amaXhosa, amaBhaca
2 History
2.1 Origin
2.2 Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Niger-Congo Family
2.2.1 Subgroup
2.2.2 Branch
2.3 Language Forms
2.3.1 Early Forms
Biblical Hebrew, Mishnaic Hebrew, Medieval Hebrew, Hebrew
No early forms
2.3.2 Standard Forms
2.3.3 Language Position
2.4.1 Signed Forms
Signed Hebrew
Signed Xhosa
2.5 Scope
3 Code
3.1 ISO 639 1
3.2 ISO 639 2
3.2.1 ISO 639 2/T
3.2.2 ISO 639 2/B
3.3 ISO 639 3
3.4 ISO 639 6
Not Available
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3.5 Glottocode
3.6 Linguasphere
3.7 Types of Language
3.7.1 Language Type
3.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object, Verb-Subject-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
3.7.3 Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
Not Available