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Hebrew vs 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
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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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Chinese and Hebrew Language History

Comparison of Chinese vs Hebrew language history gives us differences between origin of Chinese and Hebrew language. History of Chinese language states that this language originated in 1250 BC whereas history of Hebrew language states that this language originated in 1000 BC. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Chinese and Hebrew Language History.

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Chinese and Hebrew Greetings

People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Chinese and Hebrew greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Chinese and Hebrew language. Chinese word for "Hello" is 您好 (Nín hǎo) or Hebrew word for "Thank You" is תודה (Toda). Find more of such common Chinese Greetings and Hebrew Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Chinese vs Hebrew Difficulty

The Chinese vs Hebrew difficulty level basically depends on the number of Chinese Alphabets and Hebrew Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Chinese and Hebrew are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Chinese and Hebrew, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Chinese is 88 weeks while to learn Hebrew time required is 44 weeks.

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