Countries
Israel
South Africa
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
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National Language
Israel
South Africa
Second Language
Israel
Namibia, South Africa
Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia, Europe
Africa
Minority Language
Poland
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Regulated By
Academy of the Hebrew Language
Die Taalkommissie, National Languages Committee
Interesting Facts
- The original language of Bible is Hebrew.
- The men and women use different verbs in hebrew language.
- Afrikaans Language is a mixture of English, Dutch, German, French and some South African language like Xhosa.
- Afrikaans Language lacks case and gender distinctions.
Similar To
Arabic and Aramaic languages
Dutch Language
Derived From
Aramaic Language
Dutch Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2232
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
015
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2217
9
60
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Scripts
Hebrew
Latin
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
63
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks24 weeks
3
88
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Hello
שלום (Shalom)
hallo
Thank You
תודה (Toda)
Dankie
How Are You?
מה שלומך? (ma shlomxa)
Hoe gaan dit
Good Night
לילה טוב (Laila tov)
goeie nag
Good Evening
ערב טוב (Erev tov)
Goeienaand
Good Afternoon
אחר צהריים טובים (Achar tzahara'im tovim)
Goeie middag
Good Morning
בוקר טוב (Boker tov)
goeie more
Please
בבקשה (bevekshah)
asseblief
Sorry
סליחה! (Slicha)
jammer
Bye
להתראות (Lehitraot)
Totsiens
I Love You
אני אוהבת אותך (Ani ohevet otcha)
Ek het jou lief
Excuse Me
בבקשה!
Verskoon my
Dialect 1
Ashkenazi Hebrew
Kaapse Afrikaans
Where They Speak
Israel
-
How Many People Speak
9,200,000.007,700,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Samaritan Hebrew
Oranjeriverafrikaans
Where They Speak
Israel, Palestine
-
How Many People Speak
9,000,000.007,700,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Yemenite Hebrew
Baster Afrikaans
Where They Speak
Israel
Namibia
How Many People Speak
9,000,000.007.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
73
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
9.00 million19.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.11 %0.03 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
4.40 million7.10 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
5.60 million10.30 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
עברית / עִבְרִית (ivrit)
Afrikaans
Alternative Names
Israeli, Ivrit
Cape Dutch
French Name
hébreu
afrikaans
German Name
Hebräisch
Afrikaans
Pronunciation
[(ʔ)ivˈʁit] - [(ʔ)ivˈɾit]
[ɐfriˈkɑːns]
Ethnicity
Hebrew-speaking people
Afrikaners
Origin
1000 BC
17th Century
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Semitic
Germanic
Branch
Canaanitic
Western
Language Forms
Early Forms
Biblical Hebrew, Mishnaic Hebrew, Medieval Hebrew, Hebrew
Cape dutch or kitchen dutch
Standard Forms
Modern Hebrew
Standard Afrikaans
Language Position
2323
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Hebrew
Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
he
af
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
heb
afr
ISO 639 2/B
heb
afr
ISO 639 3
heb
afr
ISO 639 6
heb
afrs
Glottocode
hebr1246
afri1274
Linguasphere
12-AAB-a
52-ACB-ba
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object, Verb-Subject-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
Analytic