Countries
China, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Taiwan
  
Israel
  
National Language
China, Taiwan
  
Israel
  
Second Language
Republic of Brazil
  
Israel
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Africa, Asia, Europe
  
Minority Language
Indonesia, Malaysia
  
Poland
  
Regulated By
Chinese Language Standardization Council, National Commission on Language and Script Work, Promote Mandarin Council
  
Academy of the Hebrew Language
  
Interesting Facts
- Chinese language is tonal, since meaning of a word changes according to its tone.
- In Chinese language, there is no grammatical distinction between singular or plural, no declination of verbs according to tense, mood and aspect.
  
- The original language of Bible is Hebrew.
- The men and women use different verbs in hebrew language.
  
Similar To
Not Available
  
Arabic and Aramaic languages
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Aramaic Language
  
Alphabets in
Chinese.jpg#200
  
Hebrew-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
How Many Vowels
0
  
Scripts
Chinese Characters and derivatives
  
Hebrew
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
  
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
您好 (Nín hǎo)
  
שלום (Shalom)
  
Thank You
谢谢 (Xièxiè)
  
תודה (Toda)
  
How Are You?
你好吗? (Nǐ hǎo ma?)
  
מה שלומך? (ma shlomxa)
  
Good Night
晚安 (Wǎn'ān)
  
לילה טוב (Laila tov)
  
Good Evening
晚上好 (Wǎnshàng hǎo)
  
ערב טוב (Erev tov)
  
Good Afternoon
下午好 (Xiàwǔ hǎo)
  
אחר צהריים טובים (Achar tzahara'im tovim)
  
Good Morning
早安 (Zǎo ān)
  
בוקר טוב (Boker tov)
  
Please
请 (Qǐng)
  
בבקשה (bevekshah)
  
Sorry
遗憾 (Yíhàn)
  
סליחה! (Slicha)
  
Bye
再见 (Zàijiàn)
  
להתראות (Lehitraot)
  
I Love You
我爱你 (Wǒ ài nǐ)
  
אני אוהבת אותך (Ani ohevet otcha)
  
Excuse Me
劳驾 (Láojià)
  
בבקשה!
  
Dialect 1
Mandarin
  
Ashkenazi Hebrew
  
Where They Speak
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan
  
Israel
  
How Many People Speak
960,000,000.00
  
1
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Wu
  
Samaritan Hebrew
  
Where They Speak
China, United States of America
  
Israel, Palestine
  
How Many People Speak
80,000,000.00
  
1
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Yue
  
Yemenite Hebrew
  
Where They Speak
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam
  
Israel
  
How Many People Speak
60,000,000.00
  
2
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
1,051.00 million
  
2
9.00 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
873.00 million
  
1
4.40 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
178.00 million
  
3
5.60 million
  
27
Native Name
中文 (zhōngwén)
  
עברית / עִבְרִית (ivrit)
  
Alternative Names
Not Available
  
Israeli, Ivrit
  
French Name
chinois
  
hébreu
  
German Name
Chinesisch
  
Hebräisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[(ʔ)ivˈʁit] - [(ʔ)ivˈɾit]
  
Ethnicity
Han
  
Not Available
  
Origin
1250 BC
  
1000 BC
  
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
  
Afro-Asiatic Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Semitic
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Canaanitic
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Biblical Hebrew, Mishnaic Hebrew, Medieval Hebrew, Hebrew
  
Standard Forms
Standard Chinese
  
Modern Hebrew
  
Signed Forms
Wenfa Shouyu 文法手語 ("Grammatical Sign Language", Signed Mandarin (Taiwan))
  
Signed Hebrew
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
zh
  
he
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
zho
  
heb
  
ISO 639 2/B
chi
  
heb
  
ISO 639 3
zho
  
heb
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
sini1245
  
hebr1246
  
Linguasphere
79-AAA
  
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
Analytic, Isolating
  
Fusional, Synthetic