Countries
Belgium, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Canada, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo, Cote d'Ivoire, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gabon, Guernesey, Guinea, Haiti, Italy, Jersey, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritius, Monaco, Niger, Rwanda, Senegal, Seychelles, Switzerland, Togo, Vanuatu
Israel
National Language
France
Israel
Second Language
Africa, Canada
Israel
Speaking Continents
Africa, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, Pacific, South America
Africa, Asia, Europe
Minority Language
Brazil, Cambodia, United States of America, Vietnam
Poland
Regulated By
Académie française (French Academy), Office québécois de la langue française
Academy of the Hebrew Language
Interesting Facts
- French is the only language, with English, that is taught in every country of the world.
- French is the top language in Culinary Scene.
- The original language of Bible is Hebrew.
- The men and women use different verbs in hebrew language.
Similar To
Italian Language
Arabic and Aramaic languages
Derived From
Latin
Aramaic Language
Alphabets in
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Hebrew-Alphabets.jpg#200
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Hello
bonjour
שלום (Shalom)
Thank You
Merci
תודה (Toda)
How Are You?
Comment allez-vous?
מה שלומך? (ma shlomxa)
Good Night
bonne Nuit
לילה טוב (Laila tov)
Good Evening
bonsoir
ערב טוב (Erev tov)
Good Afternoon
bon Après-Midi
אחר צהריים טובים (Achar tzahara'im tovim)
Good Morning
Bonjour
בוקר טוב (Boker tov)
Please
S'il vous plaît
בבקשה (bevekshah)
Sorry
désolé
סליחה! (Slicha)
Bye
au revoir
להתראות (Lehitraot)
I Love You
Je t'aime
אני אוהבת אותך (Ani ohevet otcha)
Excuse Me
Excuse Moi
בבקשה!
Dialect 1
Quebec French
Ashkenazi Hebrew
Where They Speak
New Brunswick, New England, Ontario, Quebec, Western Canada
Israel
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
African French
Samaritan Hebrew
Where They Speak
Africa
Israel, Palestine
Dialect 3
Swiss French
Yemenite Hebrew
Where They Speak
Northeast France, Switzerland
Israel
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Speaking Population
Not Available
Native Name
français
עברית / עִבְרִית (ivrit)
Alternative Names
Français
Israeli, Ivrit
French Name
français
hébreu
German Name
Französisch
Hebräisch
Pronunciation
[fʁɑ̃sɛ]
[(ʔ)ivˈʁit] - [(ʔ)ivˈɾit]
Ethnicity
Not Available
Not Available
Origin
9th Century
1000 BC
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Branch
Not Available
Canaanitic
Early Forms
Old French, Middle French and French
Biblical Hebrew, Mishnaic Hebrew, Medieval Hebrew, Hebrew
Standard Forms
Standard French
Modern Hebrew
Signed Forms
le Français Signé (Signed French, France)
Signed Hebrew
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
fras
Not Available
Glottocode
stan1290
hebr1246
Linguasphere
51-AAA-i
12-AAB-a
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object, Verb-Subject-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
Fusional, Synthetic
French 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 French and Hebrew greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in French and Hebrew language. French word for "Hello" is bonjour or Hebrew word for "Thank You" is תודה (Toda). Find more of such common French Greetings and Hebrew Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
French vs Hebrew Difficulty
The French vs Hebrew difficulty level basically depends on the number of French 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 French and Hebrew are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in French and Hebrew, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn French is 24 weeks while to learn Hebrew time required is 44 weeks.