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Countries

Countries
Israel   
Algeria, Bahrain, Chad, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, Yemen   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
23   
4

National Language
Israel   
Algeria, Bahrain, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, United Arab Emirates, Yemen   

Second Language
Israel   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia, Europe   
Africa, Asia   

Minority Language
Poland   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Regulated By
Academy of the Hebrew Language   
Academy of the Arabic Language, Arabic Language International Council   

Interesting Facts
  • The original language of Bible is Hebrew.
  • The men and women use different verbs in hebrew language.
  
  • Arabic is 5th common language in world.
  • Classical Arabic is the language of Quran and also it is official language. Classical Arabic is the only way to learn Arabic language in academic way and it does not change.
  

Similar To
Arabic and Aramaic languages   
Amharic and Hebrew   

Derived From
Aramaic Language   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
22   
4
28   
10

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
0   
8   
5

How Many Consonants
22   
12
28   
18

Scripts
Hebrew   
Arabic   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
4   
3

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
88 weeks   
13

Greetings

Hello
שלום (Shalom)   
مرحبا   

Thank You
תודה (Toda)   
شكرا   

How Are You?
מה שלומך? (ma shlomxa)   
كيف حالك؟   

Good Night
לילה טוב (Laila tov)   
تصبح على خير   

Good Evening
ערב טוב (Erev tov)   
مساء الخير   

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

Good Morning
בוקר טוב (Boker tov)   
صباح الخير   

Please
בבקשה (bevekshah)   
من فضلك   

Sorry
סליחה! (Slicha)   
آسف   

Bye
להתראות (Lehitraot)   
وداعا   

I Love You
אני אוהבת אותך (Ani ohevet otcha)   
أحبك   

Excuse Me
בבקשה!   
اعذرني   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Ashkenazi Hebrew   
Maghrebi   

Where They Speak
Israel   
Algeria, Libya, Maghreb, Morocco, Tunisia   

Dialect 2
Samaritan Hebrew   
Sudanese   

Where They Speak
Israel, Palestine   
Sudan   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
17,000,000.00   
6

Dialect 3
Yemenite Hebrew   
Levantine   

Where They Speak
Israel   
Cyprus, Levant   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
21,000,000.00   
3

Total No. Of Dialects
7   
7
26   
22

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
9.00 million   
99+
452.00 million   
4

Speaking Population
Not Available   
4.43 %   
6

Native Speakers
4.40 million   
99+
206.00 million   
6

Second Language Speakers
5.60 million   
27
246.00 million   
2

Native Name
עברית / עִבְרִית (ivrit)   
(al arabiya) العربية   

Alternative Names
Israeli, Ivrit   
Al-’Arabiyya, Al-Fusha, Literary Arabic   

French Name
hébreu   
arabe   

German Name
Hebräisch   
Arabisch   

Pronunciation
[(ʔ)ivˈʁit] - [(ʔ)ivˈɾit]   
/al ʕarabijja/, /ʕarabi/   

Ethnicity
Not Available   
Arabs   

History

Origin
1000 BC   
512 CE   

Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family   
Afro-Asiatic Family, Semitic Family   

Subgroup
Semitic   
Semitic   

Branch
Canaanitic   
North Arabic   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Biblical Hebrew, Mishnaic Hebrew, Medieval Hebrew, Hebrew   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Modern Hebrew   
Modern Standard Arabic   

Language Position
23   
19
25   
21

Signed Forms
Signed Hebrew   
Signed Arabic   

Scope
Individual   
Macrolanguage   

Code

ISO 639 1
he   
ar   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
heb   
ara   

ISO 639 2/B
heb   
ara   

ISO 639 3
heb   
ara   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
hebr1246   
arab1395   

Linguasphere
12-AAB-a   
12-AAC   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object, Verb-Subject-Object   
Subject-Verb-Object   

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic   
Fusional, Synthetic   

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

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Hebrew and Arabic Speaking population

Hebrew and Arabic speaking population is one of the factors based on which Hebrew and Arabic languages can be compared. The total count of Hebrew and Arabic Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Hebrew language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Arabic language is 4.43 %. 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 Hebrew and Arabic on Hebrew vs Arabic where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Hebrew and Arabic Language Codes

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

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