Countries
Israel
China, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Taiwan
National Language
Israel
China, Taiwan
Second Language
Israel
Republic of Brazil
Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia, Europe
Asia
Minority Language
Poland
Indonesia, Malaysia
Regulated By
Academy of the Hebrew Language
Chinese Language Standardization Council, National Commission on Language and Script Work, Promote Mandarin Council
Interesting Facts
- The original language of Bible is Hebrew.
- The men and women use different verbs in hebrew language.
- Chinese language is tonal, since meaning of a word changes according to its tone.
- In Chinese language, there is no grammatical distinction between singular or plural, no declination of verbs according to tense, mood and aspect.
Similar To
Arabic and Aramaic languages
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Derived From
Aramaic Language
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Alphabets in
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Scripts
Hebrew
Chinese Characters and derivatives
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Hello
שלום (Shalom)
您好 (Nín hǎo)
Thank You
תודה (Toda)
谢谢 (Xièxiè)
How Are You?
מה שלומך? (ma shlomxa)
你好吗？ (Nǐ hǎo ma?)
Good Night
לילה טוב (Laila tov)
晚安 (Wǎn'ān)
Good Evening
ערב טוב (Erev tov)
晚上好 (Wǎnshàng hǎo)
Good Afternoon
אחר צהריים טובים (Achar tzahara'im tovim)
下午好 (Xiàwǔ hǎo)
Good Morning
בוקר טוב (Boker tov)
早安 (Zǎo ān)
Please
בבקשה (bevekshah)
请 (Qǐng)
Sorry
סליחה! (Slicha)
遗憾 (Yíhàn)
Bye
להתראות (Lehitraot)
再见 (Zàijiàn)
I Love You
אני אוהבת אותך (Ani ohevet otcha)
我爱你 (Wǒ ài nǐ)
Excuse Me
בבקשה!
劳驾 (Láojià)
Dialect 1
Ashkenazi Hebrew
Mandarin
Where They Speak
Israel
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Samaritan Hebrew
Wu
Where They Speak
Israel, Palestine
China, United States of America
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Yemenite Hebrew
Yue
Where They Speak
Israel
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Speaking Population
Not Available
Native Name
עברית / עִבְרִית (ivrit)
中文 (zhōngwén)
Alternative Names
Israeli, Ivrit
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French Name
hébreu
chinois
German Name
Hebräisch
Chinesisch
Pronunciation
[(ʔ)ivˈʁit] - [(ʔ)ivˈɾit]
Not Available
Ethnicity
Not Available
Han
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Subgroup
Semitic
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Branch
Canaanitic
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Early Forms
Biblical Hebrew, Mishnaic Hebrew, Medieval Hebrew, Hebrew
No early forms
Standard Forms
Modern Hebrew
Standard Chinese
Signed Forms
Signed Hebrew
Wenfa Shouyu 文法手語 ("Grammatical Sign Language", Signed Mandarin (Taiwan))
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
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Glottocode
hebr1246
sini1245
Linguasphere
12-AAB-a
79-AAA
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object, Verb-Subject-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
Analytic, Isolating
All Hebrew and Chinese 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 Chinese dialects. Various dialects of Hebrew and Chinese language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Hebrew are spoken in different Hebrew Speaking Countries whereas Chinese Dialects are spoken in different Chinese speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Hebrew vs Chinese Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Hebrew dialects include: Ashkenazi Hebrew, Samaritan Hebrew. Chinese dialects include: Mandarin , Wu. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Hebrew and Chinese Speaking population
Hebrew and Chinese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Hebrew and Chinese languages can be compared. The total count of Hebrew and Chinese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Hebrew language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Chinese 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 Chinese on Hebrew vs Chinese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Hebrew and Chinese Language Codes
Hebrew and Chinese language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Hebrew and Chinese Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.