Hebrew and Cantonese
Countries
Israel
Hong Kong, Macau
National Language
Israel
China, Guangdong
Second Language
Israel
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia, Europe
Asia
Minority Language
Poland
Hawaii
Regulated By
Academy of the Hebrew Language
Civil Service Bureau, Government of Hong Kong, Official Language Division
Interesting Facts
- The original language of Bible is Hebrew.
- The men and women use different verbs in hebrew language.
- Cantonese have lot of slangs, many of them include words that do not make sense at all and some also have English in them.
- Even though Cantonese and Mandarin are dialects of Chinese, Cantonese has 8 tones instead of Mandarin's 4.
Similar To
Arabic and Aramaic languages
Chinese Language
Derived From
Aramaic Language
Not Available
Alphabets in
Hebrew-Alphabets.jpg#200
Cantonese-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Hebrew
Chinese Characters and derivatives
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
How Are You?
מה שלומך? (ma shlomxa)
你好吗？
Good Night
לילה טוב (Laila tov)
晚安
Good Evening
ערב טוב (Erev tov)
晚上好
Good Afternoon
אחר צהריים טובים (Achar tzahara'im tovim)
下午好
Good Morning
בוקר טוב (Boker tov)
早上好
Please
בבקשה (bevekshah)
请
Bye
להתראות (Lehitraot)
再见
I Love You
אני אוהבת אותך (Ani ohevet otcha)
我爱你
Dialect 1
Ashkenazi Hebrew
Guangzhou
Where They Speak
Israel
outside mainland China
Dialect 2
Samaritan Hebrew
Xiguan
Where They Speak
Israel, Palestine
Hong Kong
Dialect 3
Yemenite Hebrew
Hong Kong
Where They Speak
Israel
Hong Kong
Speaking Population
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
עברית / עִבְרִית (ivrit)
Kwang Tung Wa
Alternative Names
Israeli, Ivrit
Guangfu, Metropolitan Cantonese
French Name
hébreu
Not Available
German Name
Hebräisch
Not Available
Pronunciation
[(ʔ)ivˈʁit] - [(ʔ)ivˈɾit]
Not Available
Ethnicity
Not Available
Not Available
Origin
1000 BC
17th century
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Subgroup
Semitic
Not Available
Branch
Canaanitic
Not Available
Early Forms
Biblical Hebrew, Mishnaic Hebrew, Medieval Hebrew, Hebrew
No early forms
Standard Forms
Modern Hebrew
Standard Cantonese
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Signed Hebrew
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Not Available
ISO 639 1
he
No data available
ISO 639 2/T
heb
Not Available
ISO 639 2/B
heb
Not Available
ISO 639 3
heb
No data available
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
hebr1246
cant1236
Linguasphere
12-AAB-a
No data available
Language Type
Living
Not Available
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object, Verb-Subject-Object
Not Available
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
Not Available
All Hebrew and Cantonese 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 Cantonese dialects. Various dialects of Hebrew and Cantonese language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Hebrew are spoken in different Hebrew Speaking Countries whereas Cantonese Dialects are spoken in different Cantonese speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Hebrew vs Cantonese Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Hebrew dialects include: Ashkenazi Hebrew, Samaritan Hebrew. Cantonese dialects include: Guangzhou , Xiguan. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Hebrew and Cantonese Speaking population
Hebrew and Cantonese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Hebrew and Cantonese languages can be compared. The total count of Hebrew and Cantonese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Hebrew language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Cantonese language is 16.00 %. 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 Cantonese on Hebrew vs Cantonese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Hebrew and Cantonese Language Codes
Hebrew and Cantonese language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Hebrew and Cantonese Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.