Countries
Israel
  
Denmark, European Union, Faroe Islands, Greenland, Nordic Council
  
National Language
Israel
  
Denmark, Faroe Islands, Germany, Greenland
  
Second Language
Israel
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia, Europe
  
Europe, North America, South America
  
Minority Language
Poland
  
Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Germany, Greenland, Norway, Sweden, United States of America
  
Regulated By
Academy of the Hebrew Language
  
Dansk Sprognævn (Danish Language Committee)
  
Interesting Facts
- The original language of Bible is Hebrew.
- The men and women use different verbs in hebrew language.
  
- Danish, Norwegian and Swedish are mutually intelligible, that means if u learn Danish is almost like learning three languages in one.
- There are 9 vowels in Danish language, which can be pronounced in 16 different ways.
  
Similar To
Arabic and Aramaic languages
  
Norwegian and Swedish
  
Derived From
Aramaic Language
  
Old Norse Language
  
Alphabets in
Hebrew-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Danish-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
How Many Vowels
0
  
Scripts
Hebrew
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
שלום (Shalom)
  
Hallo
  
Thank You
תודה (Toda)
  
Mange tak
  
How Are You?
מה שלומך? (ma shlomxa)
  
Hvordan har du det?
  
Good Night
לילה טוב (Laila tov)
  
God nat
  
Good Evening
ערב טוב (Erev tov)
  
God aften
  
Good Afternoon
אחר צהריים טובים (Achar tzahara'im tovim)
  
God eftermiddag
  
Good Morning
בוקר טוב (Boker tov)
  
God morgen
  
Please
בבקשה (bevekshah)
  
Please
  
Sorry
סליחה! (Slicha)
  
Undskyld!
  
Bye
להתראות (Lehitraot)
  
Farvel
  
I Love You
אני אוהבת אותך (Ani ohevet otcha)
  
Jeg elsker dig
  
Excuse Me
בבקשה!
  
Undskyld mig
  
Dialect 1
Ashkenazi Hebrew
  
Scanian
  
Where They Speak
Israel
  
Sweden
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Samaritan Hebrew
  
Jutlandic
  
Where They Speak
Israel, Palestine
  
Denmark
  
Dialect 3
Yemenite Hebrew
  
Bornholmsk
  
Where They Speak
Israel
  
Island of Bornholm
  
How Many People Speak?
9.00 million
  
99+
5.50 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
4.40 million
  
99+
5.50 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
5.60 million
  
27
Not Available
  
Native Name
עברית / עִבְרִית (ivrit)
  
dansk
  
Alternative Names
Israeli, Ivrit
  
Dansk, Rigsdansk
  
French Name
hébreu
  
danois
  
German Name
Hebräisch
  
Dänisch
  
Pronunciation
[(ʔ)ivˈʁit] - [(ʔ)ivˈɾit]
  
[d̥ænˀsɡ̊]
  
Ethnicity
Not Available
  
Danish people or Danes
  
Origin
1000 BC
  
c. 1100 AD
  
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Semitic
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Canaanitic
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Biblical Hebrew, Mishnaic Hebrew, Medieval Hebrew, Hebrew
  
Old Danish, Early Modern Danish
  
Standard Forms
Modern Hebrew
  
Rigsdansk
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Signed Hebrew
  
Signed Danish
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
he
  
da
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
heb
  
dan
  
ISO 639 2/B
heb
  
dan
  
ISO 639 3
heb
  
dan
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
hebr1246
  
dani1284
  
Linguasphere
12-AAB-a
  
5 2-AAA-bf & -ca to -cj
  
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