Countries
Israel
South Africa
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
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National Language
Israel
South Africa
Second Language
Israel
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Swaziland, Zimbabwe
Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia, Europe
Africa
Minority Language
Poland
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Academy of the Hebrew Language
Pan South African Language Board
Interesting Facts
- The original language of Bible is Hebrew.
- The men and women use different verbs in hebrew language.
- The meaning of word "Zulu" means "Sky"and Zulu was the name of the ancestor who founded the Zulu royal line in about 1670.
- Zulu language has many loanwords borrowed from Afrikaans and English Languages.
Similar To
Arabic and Aramaic languages
Xhosa Language
Derived From
Aramaic Language
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
2257
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
07
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2250
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)
Sawubona
Thank You
תודה (Toda)
Ngiyabonga
How Are You?
מה שלומך? (ma shlomxa)
unjani
Good Night
לילה טוב (Laila tov)
okuhle ebusuku
Good Evening
ערב טוב (Erev tov)
okuhle kusihlwa
Good Afternoon
אחר צהריים טובים (Achar tzahara'im tovim)
okuhle ntambama
Good Morning
בוקר טוב (Boker tov)
okuhle ekuseni
Please
בבקשה (bevekshah)
Ngiyacela
Sorry
סליחה! (Slicha)
Ngiyaxolisa
Bye
להתראות (Lehitraot)
bye
I Love You
אני אוהבת אותך (Ani ohevet otcha)
Ngiyakuthanda wena
Excuse Me
בבקשה!
Uxolo
Dialect 1
Ashkenazi Hebrew
Qwabe
Where They Speak
Israel
Gabon, South Africa
How Many People Speak
9,200,000.0028,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Samaritan Hebrew
central KwaZulu-Natal Zulu
Where They Speak
Israel, Palestine
Georgia, South Africa
How Many People Speak
9,000,000.0028,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Yemenite Hebrew
Ndebele
Where They Speak
Israel
Zimbabwe
How Many People Speak
9,000,000.0028,000,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
74
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
9.00 million30.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.11 %0.16 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
4.40 million12.00 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)
isiZulu
Alternative Names
Israeli, Ivrit
Isizulu, Zunda
French Name
hébreu
zoulou
German Name
Hebräisch
Zulu-Sprache
Pronunciation
[(ʔ)ivˈʁit] - [(ʔ)ivˈɾit]
[zuːlu]
Ethnicity
Hebrew-speaking people
Zulu people
Origin
1000 BC
19
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
Semitic
Benue-Congo
Branch
Canaanitic
Beatu
Language Forms
Early Forms
Biblical Hebrew, Mishnaic Hebrew, Medieval Hebrew, Hebrew
urban Zulu
Standard Forms
Modern Hebrew
Deep Zulu
Language Position
2387
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Hebrew
Zulu Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
he
zu
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
heb
zul
ISO 639 2/B
heb
zul
ISO 639 3
heb
zul
ISO 639 6
heb
zul
Glottocode
hebr1246
zulu1248
Linguasphere
12-AAB-a
99-AUT-fg
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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