Countries
Countries
Israel
Japan
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
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National Language
Israel
Japan
Second Language
Israel
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia, Europe
Asia, Pacific
Minority Language
Poland
Palau
Regulated By
Academy of the Hebrew Language
Agency for Cultural Affairs (文化庁) at the Ministry of Education
Interesting Facts
- The original language of Bible is Hebrew.
- The men and women use different verbs in hebrew language.
- In Japanese Language, there are 4 different ways to address people: kun, chan, san and sama.
- There are many words in Japanese language which end with vowel letter, which determines the structure and rhythm of Japanese.
Similar To
Arabic and Aramaic languages
Korean Language
Derived From
Aramaic Language
-
Alphabets
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2299
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
05
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2214
9
60
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Scripts
Hebrew
Kana
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
65
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks88 weeks
3
88
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Greetings
Hello
שלום (Shalom)
こんにちは (Kon'nichiwa)
Thank You
תודה (Toda)
ありがとう (Arigatō)
How Are You?
מה שלומך? (ma shlomxa)
お元気ですか (O genki desu ka?)
Good Night
לילה טוב (Laila tov)
おやすみなさい (Oyasuminasai)
Good Evening
ערב טוב (Erev tov)
こんばんは (Konbanwa)
Good Afternoon
אחר צהריים טובים (Achar tzahara'im tovim)
こんにちは (Konnichiwa!)
Good Morning
בוקר טוב (Boker tov)
おはよう (Ohayō)
Please
בבקשה (bevekshah)
お願いします (Onegaishimasu)
Sorry
סליחה! (Slicha)
ごめんなさい (Gomen'nasai)
Bye
להתראות (Lehitraot)
さようなら (Sayōnara)
I Love You
אני אוהבת אותך (Ani ohevet otcha)
愛しています (Aishiteimasu)
Excuse Me
בבקשה!
すみません (Sumimasen)
Dialects
Dialect 1
Ashkenazi Hebrew
Sanuki
Where They Speak
Israel
Kagawa
How Many People Speak
9,200,000.001,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Samaritan Hebrew
Hakata
Where They Speak
Israel, Palestine
Fukuoka
How Many People Speak
9,000,000.00127,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Yemenite Hebrew
Kansai
Where They Speak
Israel
kansai
How Many People Speak
9,000,000.00127,000,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
731
0
188
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How Many People Speak
How Many People Speak?
9.00 million128.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.11 %1.90 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
4.40 million128.00 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
5.60 million3.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
עברית / עִבְרִית (ivrit)
日本語
Alternative Names
Israeli, Ivrit
Nihongo
French Name
hébreu
japonais
German Name
Hebräisch
Japanisch
Pronunciation
[(ʔ)ivˈʁit] - [(ʔ)ivˈɾit]
/nihoɴɡo/: [nihõŋɡo], [nihõŋŋo]
Ethnicity
Hebrew-speaking people
Japanese (Yamato)
History
Origin
1000 BC
1185
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Japonic Family
Subgroup
Semitic
-
Branch
Canaanitic
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Biblical Hebrew, Mishnaic Hebrew, Medieval Hebrew, Hebrew
Old Japanese, Early Middle Japanese, Late Middle Japanese and Early Modern Japanese
Standard Forms
Modern Hebrew
Japanese
Language Position
238
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Hebrew
Signed Japanese
Scope
Individual
Individual
Code
ISO 639 1
he
ja
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
heb
jpn
ISO 639 2/B
heb
jpn
ISO 639 3
heb
jpn
ISO 639 6
heb
jpn
Glottocode
hebr1246
nucl1643
Linguasphere
12-AAB-a
45-CAA-a
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object, Verb-Subject-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
Agglutinative, Synthetic