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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
Arabic.jpg#200   
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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