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Hebrew and Arabic


Countries

Countries
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  
Israel  

Total No. Of Countries
23  
4
1  
14

National Language
Algeria, Bahrain, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, United Arab Emirates, Yemen  
Israel  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Israel  

Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia  
Africa, Asia, Europe  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Poland  

Regulated By
Academy of the Arabic Language, Arabic Language International Council  
Academy of the Hebrew Language  

Interesting Facts
  • 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.
  
  • The original language of Bible is Hebrew.
  • The men and women use different verbs in hebrew language.
  

Similar To
Amharic and Hebrew  
Arabic and Aramaic languages  

Derived From
Not Available  
Aramaic Language  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
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Hebrew-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
28  
10
22  
4

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8  
5
0  

How Many Consonants
28  
18
22  
12

Scripts
Arabic  
Hebrew  

Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal  
Right-To-Left, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4  
3
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks  
13
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
مرحبا  
שלום (Shalom)  

Thank You
شكرا  
תודה (Toda)  

How Are You?
كيف حالك؟  
מה שלומך? (ma shlomxa)  

Good Night
تصبح على خير  
לילה טוב (Laila tov)  

Good Evening
مساء الخير  
ערב טוב (Erev tov)  

Good Afternoon
مساء الخير  
אחר צהריים טובים (Achar tzahara'im tovim)  

Good Morning
صباح الخير  
בוקר טוב (Boker tov)  

Please
من فضلك  
בבקשה (bevekshah)  

Sorry
آسف  
סליחה! (Slicha)  

Bye
وداعا  
להתראות (Lehitraot)  

I Love You
أحبك  
אני אוהבת אותך (Ani ohevet otcha)  

Excuse Me
اعذرني  
בבקשה!  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Maghrebi  
Ashkenazi Hebrew  

Where They Speak
Algeria, Libya, Maghreb, Morocco, Tunisia  
Israel  

Dialect 2
Sudanese  
Samaritan Hebrew  

Where They Speak
Sudan  
Israel, Palestine  

How Many People Speak
17,000,000.00  
6
Not Available  

Dialect 3
Levantine  
Yemenite Hebrew  

Where They Speak
Cyprus, Levant  
Israel  

How Many People Speak
21,000,000.00  
3
Not Available  

Total No. Of Dialects
26  
22
7  
7

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
452.00 million  
4
9.00 million  
99+

Speaking Population
4.43 %  
6
Not Available  

Native Speakers
206.00 million  
6
4.40 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
246.00 million  
2
5.60 million  
27

Native Name
(al arabiya) العربية  
עברית / עִבְרִית (ivrit)  

Alternative Names
Al-’Arabiyya, Al-Fusha, Literary Arabic  
Israeli, Ivrit  

French Name
arabe  
hébreu  

German Name
Arabisch  
Hebräisch  

Pronunciation
/al ʕarabijja/, /ʕarabi/  
[(ʔ)ivˈʁit] - [(ʔ)ivˈɾit]  

Ethnicity
Arabs  
Not Available  

History

Origin
512 CE  
1000 BC  

Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family, Semitic Family  
Afro-Asiatic Family  

Subgroup
Semitic  
Semitic  

Branch
North Arabic  
Canaanitic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Biblical Hebrew, Mishnaic Hebrew, Medieval Hebrew, Hebrew  

Standard Forms
Modern Standard Arabic  
Modern Hebrew  

Language Position
25  
21
23  
19

Signed Forms
Signed Arabic  
Signed Hebrew  

Scope
Macrolanguage  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ar  
he  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ara  
heb  

ISO 639 2/B
ara  
heb  

ISO 639 3
ara  
heb  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
arab1395  
hebr1246  

Linguasphere
12-AAC  
12-AAB-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
Subject-Verb-Object, Verb-Subject-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic  
Fusional, Synthetic  

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All Arabic and Hebrew Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Arabic and Hebrew dialects. Various dialects of Arabic and Hebrew language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Arabic are spoken in different Arabic Speaking Countries whereas Hebrew Dialects are spoken in different Hebrew speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Arabic vs Hebrew Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Arabic dialects include: Maghrebi, Sudanese. Hebrew dialects include: Ashkenazi Hebrew , Samaritan Hebrew. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Arabic and Hebrew Speaking population

Arabic and Hebrew speaking population is one of the factors based on which Arabic and Hebrew languages can be compared. The total count of Arabic and Hebrew Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Arabic language is 4.43 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Hebrew language is Not Available. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Arabic and Hebrew on Arabic vs Hebrew where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Arabic and Hebrew Language Codes

Arabic and Hebrew language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Arabic and Hebrew Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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