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Hebrew and Chinese


Countries

Countries
China, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Taiwan   
Israel   

Total No. Of Countries
5   
10
1   
14

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

Alphabets in
Chinese.jpg#200   
Hebrew-Alphabets.jpg#200   

Alphabets
26   
8
22   
4

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
24   
19
0   

How Many Consonants
23   
13
22   
12

Scripts
Chinese Characters and derivatives   
Hebrew   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks   
13
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

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!   

Dialects

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   

Total No. Of Dialects
10   
10
7   
7

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
1,051.00 million   
2
9.00 million   
99+

Speaking Population
16.00 %   
2
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   

History

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   

Language Position
1   
1
23   
19

Signed Forms
Wenfa Shouyu 文法手語 ("Grammatical Sign Language", Signed Mandarin (Taiwan))   
Signed Hebrew   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

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   

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All Chinese 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 Chinese and Hebrew dialects. Various dialects of Chinese and Hebrew language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Chinese are spoken in different Chinese Speaking Countries whereas Hebrew Dialects are spoken in different Hebrew speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Chinese vs Hebrew Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Chinese dialects include: Mandarin, Wu. Hebrew dialects include: Ashkenazi Hebrew , Samaritan Hebrew. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Chinese and Hebrew Speaking population

Chinese and Hebrew speaking population is one of the factors based on which Chinese and Hebrew languages can be compared. The total count of Chinese and Hebrew Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Chinese language is 16.00 % 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 Chinese and Hebrew on Chinese vs Hebrew where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Chinese and Hebrew Language Codes

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

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