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
  
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 in
English-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Hebrew-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
How Many Vowels
0
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Hebrew
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
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!
  
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
  
How Many People Speak?
1,200.00 million
  
1
9.00 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
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
  
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
  
Signed Forms
Signed English
  
Signed Hebrew
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
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