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Hebrew and English


Countries

Countries
Barbados, Belize, Botswana, Cameroon, Canada, Dominica, Fiji, Ghana, India, Ireland, Jamaica, Kenya, Malta, Mauritius, Micronesia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Samoa, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Somaliland, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda, United Kingdom, Zambia, Zimbabwe   
Israel   

Total No. Of Countries
33   
2
1   
14

National Language
Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Gibraltar, Grenada, Guam, Guyana, Jersey, Montserrat, Nauru, Singapore, Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom, United States of America   
Israel   

Second Language
India, Nigeria, Pakistan, Singapore   
Israel   

Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, South America   
Africa, Asia, Europe   

Minority Language
South Africa   
Poland   

Regulated By
Not Available   
Academy of the Hebrew Language   

Interesting Facts
  • Most of the English words begin with the letter S than any other letter.
  • English is third most commonly spoken language in the world.
  
  • 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
Latin   
Aramaic Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26   
8
22   
4

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
0   

How Many Consonants
21   
11
22   
12

Scripts
Latin   
Hebrew   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
7   
6
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
6 weeks   
3
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Hello   
שלום (Shalom)   

Thank You
Thank you   
תודה (Toda)   

How Are You?
How are you?   
מה שלומך? (ma shlomxa)   

Good Night
Good Night   
לילה טוב (Laila tov)   

Good Evening
Good Evening   
ערב טוב (Erev tov)   

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

Good Morning
Good Morning   
בוקר טוב (Boker tov)   

Please
Please   
בבקשה (bevekshah)   

Sorry
Sorry   
סליחה! (Slicha)   

Bye
Bye   
להתראות (Lehitraot)   

I Love You
I love you   
אני אוהבת אותך (Ani ohevet otcha)   

Excuse Me
Excuse Me   
בבקשה!   

Dialects

Dialect 1
American English   
Ashkenazi Hebrew   

Where They Speak
United States of America   
Israel   

How Many People Speak
225,000,000.00   
3
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Hiberno-English   
Samaritan Hebrew   

Where They Speak
Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom   
Israel, Palestine   

How Many People Speak
4,500,000.00   
15
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Welsh English   
Yemenite Hebrew   

Where They Speak
United Kingdom   
Israel   

How Many People Speak
2,500,000.00   
14
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
188   
34
7   
7

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
1,200.00 million   
1
9.00 million   
99+

Speaking Population
5.43 %   
4
Not Available   

Native Speakers
400.00 million   
3
4.40 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
400.00 million   
1
5.60 million   
27

Native Name
English   
עברית / עִבְרִית (ivrit)   

Alternative Names
Not Available   
Israeli, Ivrit   

French Name
anglais   
hébreu   

German Name
Englisch   
Hebräisch   

Pronunciation
/ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ/   
[(ʔ)ivˈʁit] - [(ʔ)ivˈɾit]   

Ethnicity
Not Available   
Not Available   

History

Origin
5th Century AD   
1000 BC   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Afro-Asiatic Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Semitic   

Branch
Not Available   
Canaanitic   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old English, Middle English, Early Modern English and English   
Biblical Hebrew, Mishnaic Hebrew, Medieval Hebrew, Hebrew   

Standard Forms
Standard English   
Modern Hebrew   

Language Position
3   
3
23   
19

Signed Forms
Signed English   
Signed Hebrew   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
en   
he   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
eng   
heb   

ISO 639 2/B
eng   
heb   

ISO 639 3
eng   
heb   

ISO 639 6
engs   
Not Available   

Glottocode
stan1293   
hebr1246   

Linguasphere
52-ABA   
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, Fusional, Isolating, Synthetic   
Fusional, Synthetic   

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

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English and Hebrew Speaking population

English and Hebrew speaking population is one of the factors based on which English and Hebrew languages can be compared. The total count of English and Hebrew Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking English language is 5.43 % 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 English and Hebrew on English vs Hebrew where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

English and Hebrew Language Codes

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

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