Countries
Israel
Denmark, European Union, Faroe Islands, Greenland, Nordic Council
Total No. Of Countries
15
0
46
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National Language
Israel
Denmark, Faroe Islands, Germany, Greenland
Second Language
Israel
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia, Europe
Europe, North America, South America
Minority Language
Poland
Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Germany, Greenland, Norway, Sweden, United States of America
Regulated By
Academy of the Hebrew Language
Dansk Sprognævn (Danish Language Committee)
Interesting Facts
- The original language of Bible is Hebrew.
- The men and women use different verbs in hebrew language.
- Danish, Norwegian and Swedish are mutually intelligible, that means if u learn Danish is almost like learning three languages in one.
- There are 9 vowels in Danish language, which can be pronounced in 16 different ways.
Similar To
Arabic and Aramaic languages
Norwegian and Swedish
Derived From
Aramaic Language
Old Norse Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2229
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
020
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2220
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)
Mange tak
How Are You?
מה שלומך? (ma shlomxa)
Hvordan har du det?
Good Night
לילה טוב (Laila tov)
God nat
Good Evening
ערב טוב (Erev tov)
God aften
Good Afternoon
אחר צהריים טובים (Achar tzahara'im tovim)
God eftermiddag
Good Morning
בוקר טוב (Boker tov)
God morgen
Please
בבקשה (bevekshah)
Please
Sorry
סליחה! (Slicha)
Undskyld!
Bye
להתראות (Lehitraot)
Farvel
I Love You
אני אוהבת אותך (Ani ohevet otcha)
Jeg elsker dig
Excuse Me
בבקשה!
Undskyld mig
Dialect 1
Ashkenazi Hebrew
Scanian
Where They Speak
Israel
Sweden
How Many People Speak
9,200,000.0080,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Samaritan Hebrew
Jutlandic
Where They Speak
Israel, Palestine
Denmark
How Many People Speak
9,000,000.006,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Yemenite Hebrew
Bornholmsk
Where They Speak
Israel
Island of Bornholm
How Many People Speak
9,000,000.006,000,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
74
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
9.00 million5.50 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.11 %0.07 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
4.40 million5.50 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
5.60 million6.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
עברית / עִבְרִית (ivrit)
dansk
Alternative Names
Israeli, Ivrit
Dansk, Rigsdansk
French Name
hébreu
danois
German Name
Hebräisch
Dänisch
Pronunciation
[(ʔ)ivˈʁit] - [(ʔ)ivˈɾit]
[d̥ænˀsɡ̊]
Ethnicity
Hebrew-speaking people
Danish people or Danes
Origin
1000 BC
c. 1100 AD
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Semitic
-
Branch
Canaanitic
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Biblical Hebrew, Mishnaic Hebrew, Medieval Hebrew, Hebrew
Old Danish, Early Modern Danish
Standard Forms
Modern Hebrew
Rigsdansk
Language Position
2318
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Hebrew
Signed Danish
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
he
da
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
heb
dan
ISO 639 2/B
heb
dan
ISO 639 3
heb
dan
ISO 639 6
heb
dan
Glottocode
hebr1246
dani1284
Linguasphere
12-AAB-a
5 2-AAA-bf & -ca to -cj
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object, Verb-Subject-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
Fusional