Countries
Countries
Israel
Barbados, Belize, Botswana, Cameroon, Canada, Dominica, Fiji, Ghana, India, Ireland, Jamaica, Kenya, Malta, Mauritius, Micronesia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Samoa, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Somaliland, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda, United Kingdom, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Total No. Of Countries
133
0
46
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National Language
Israel
Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Gibraltar, Grenada, Guam, Guyana, Jersey, Montserrat, Nauru, Singapore, Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom, United States of America
Second Language
Israel
India, Nigeria, Pakistan, Singapore
Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia, Europe
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, South America
Minority Language
Poland
South Africa
Regulated By
Academy of the Hebrew Language
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Interesting Facts
- The original language of Bible is Hebrew.
- The men and women use different verbs in hebrew language.
- Most of the English words begin with the letter S than any other letter.
- English is third most commonly spoken language in the world.
Similar To
Arabic and Aramaic languages
Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish and German Languages
Derived From
Aramaic Language
Latin
Alphabets
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2226
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
05
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2221
9
60
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Scripts
Hebrew
Latin
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
67
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks6 weeks
3
88
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Greetings
Hello
שלום (Shalom)
Hello
Thank You
תודה (Toda)
Thank you
How Are You?
מה שלומך? (ma shlomxa)
How are you?
Good Night
לילה טוב (Laila tov)
Good Night
Good Evening
ערב טוב (Erev tov)
Good Evening
Good Afternoon
אחר צהריים טובים (Achar tzahara'im tovim)
Good Afternoon
Good Morning
בוקר טוב (Boker tov)
Good Morning
Please
בבקשה (bevekshah)
Please
Sorry
סליחה! (Slicha)
Sorry
Bye
להתראות (Lehitraot)
Bye
I Love You
אני אוהבת אותך (Ani ohevet otcha)
I love you
Excuse Me
בבקשה!
Excuse Me
Dialects
Dialect 1
Ashkenazi Hebrew
American English
Where They Speak
Israel
United States of America
How Many People Speak
9,200,000.00225,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Samaritan Hebrew
Hiberno-English
Where They Speak
Israel, Palestine
Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom
How Many People Speak
9,000,000.004,500,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Yemenite Hebrew
Welsh English
Where They Speak
Israel
United Kingdom
How Many People Speak
9,000,000.002,500,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
7188
0
188
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How Many People Speak
How Many People Speak?
9.00 million1,200.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.11 %5.43 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
4.40 million400.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
5.60 million400.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
עברית / עִבְרִית (ivrit)
English
Alternative Names
Israeli, Ivrit
English
French Name
hébreu
anglais
German Name
Hebräisch
Englisch
Pronunciation
[(ʔ)ivˈʁit] - [(ʔ)ivˈɾit]
/ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ/
Ethnicity
Hebrew-speaking people
English people
History
Origin
1000 BC
5th Century AD
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Semitic
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Branch
Canaanitic
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Biblical Hebrew, Mishnaic Hebrew, Medieval Hebrew, Hebrew
Old English, Middle English, Early Modern English and English
Standard Forms
Modern Hebrew
Standard English
Language Position
233
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Hebrew
Signed English
Scope
Individual
Individual
Code
ISO 639 1
he
en
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
heb
eng
ISO 639 2/B
heb
eng
ISO 639 3
heb
eng
ISO 639 6
heb
engs
Glottocode
hebr1246
stan1293
Linguasphere
12-AAB-a
52-ABA
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object, Verb-Subject-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
Analytic, Fusional, Isolating, Synthetic