Countries
Israel
Algeria, Bahrain, Chad, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, Yemen
National Language
Israel
Algeria, Bahrain, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, United Arab Emirates, Yemen
Second Language
Israel
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia, Europe
Africa, Asia
Minority Language
Poland
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Academy of the Hebrew Language
Academy of the Arabic Language, Arabic Language International Council
Interesting Facts
- The original language of Bible is Hebrew.
- The men and women use different verbs in hebrew language.
- Arabic is 5th common language in world.
- Classical Arabic is the language of Quran and also it is official language. Classical Arabic is the only way to learn Arabic language in academic way and it does not change.
Similar To
Arabic and Aramaic languages
Amharic and Hebrew
Derived From
Aramaic Language
Not Available
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Hello
שלום (Shalom)
مرحبا
Thank You
תודה (Toda)
شكرا
How Are You?
מה שלומך? (ma shlomxa)
كيف حالك؟
Good Night
לילה טוב (Laila tov)
تصبح على خير
Good Evening
ערב טוב (Erev tov)
مساء الخير
Good Afternoon
אחר צהריים טובים (Achar tzahara'im tovim)
مساء الخير
Good Morning
בוקר טוב (Boker tov)
صباح الخير
Please
בבקשה (bevekshah)
من فضلك
Sorry
סליחה! (Slicha)
آسف
Bye
להתראות (Lehitraot)
وداعا
I Love You
אני אוהבת אותך (Ani ohevet otcha)
أحبك
Dialect 1
Ashkenazi Hebrew
Maghrebi
Where They Speak
Israel
Algeria, Libya, Maghreb, Morocco, Tunisia
Dialect 2
Samaritan Hebrew
Sudanese
Where They Speak
Israel, Palestine
Sudan
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Yemenite Hebrew
Levantine
Where They Speak
Israel
Cyprus, Levant
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Speaking Population
Not Available
Native Name
עברית / עִבְרִית (ivrit)
(al arabiya) العربية
Alternative Names
Israeli, Ivrit
Al-’Arabiyya, Al-Fusha, Literary Arabic
German Name
Hebräisch
Arabisch
Pronunciation
[(ʔ)ivˈʁit] - [(ʔ)ivˈɾit]
/al ʕarabijja/, /ʕarabi/
Ethnicity
Not Available
Arabs
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Afro-Asiatic Family, Semitic Family
Branch
Canaanitic
North Arabic
Early Forms
Biblical Hebrew, Mishnaic Hebrew, Medieval Hebrew, Hebrew
No early forms
Standard Forms
Modern Hebrew
Modern Standard Arabic
Signed Forms
Signed Hebrew
Signed Arabic
Scope
Individual
Macrolanguage
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
hebr1246
arab1395
Linguasphere
12-AAB-a
12-AAC
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object, Verb-Subject-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
Fusional, Synthetic
Hebrew and Arabic Greetings
People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Hebrew and Arabic greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Hebrew and Arabic language. Hebrew word for "Hello" is שלום (Shalom) or Arabic word for "Thank You" is شكرا. Find more of such common Hebrew Greetings and Arabic Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Hebrew vs Arabic Difficulty
The Hebrew vs Arabic difficulty level basically depends on the number of Hebrew Alphabets and Arabic Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Hebrew and Arabic are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Hebrew and Arabic, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Hebrew is 44 weeks while to learn Arabic time required is 88 weeks.