Countries
Israel
  
Barbados, Belize, Botswana, Cameroon, Canada, Dominica, Fiji, Ghana, India, Ireland, Jamaica, Kenya, Malta, Mauritius, Micronesia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Samoa, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Somaliland, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda, United Kingdom, Zambia, Zimbabwe
  
National Language
Israel
  
Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Gibraltar, Grenada, Guam, Guyana, Jersey, Montserrat, Nauru, Singapore, Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom, United States of America
  
Second Language
Israel
  
India, Nigeria, Pakistan, Singapore
  
Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia, Europe
  
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, South America
  
Minority Language
Poland
  
South Africa
  
Regulated By
Academy of the Hebrew Language
  
Not Available
  
Interesting Facts
- The original language of Bible is Hebrew.
- The men and women use different verbs in hebrew language.
  
- Most of the English words begin with the letter S than any other letter.
- English is third most commonly spoken language in the world.
  
Similar To
Arabic and Aramaic languages
  
Not Available
  
Derived From
Aramaic Language
  
Latin
  
Alphabets in
Hebrew-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
English-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)
  
Hello
  
Thank You
תודה (Toda)
  
Thank you
  
How Are You?
מה שלומך? (ma shlomxa)
  
How are you?
  
Good Night
לילה טוב (Laila tov)
  
Good Night
  
Good Evening
ערב טוב (Erev tov)
  
Good Evening
  
Good Afternoon
אחר צהריים טובים (Achar tzahara'im tovim)
  
Good Afternoon
  
Good Morning
בוקר טוב (Boker tov)
  
Good Morning
  
Please
בבקשה (bevekshah)
  
Please
  
Sorry
סליחה! (Slicha)
  
Sorry
  
Bye
להתראות (Lehitraot)
  
Bye
  
I Love You
אני אוהבת אותך (Ani ohevet otcha)
  
I love you
  
Excuse Me
בבקשה!
  
Excuse Me
  
Dialect 1
Ashkenazi Hebrew
  
American English
  
Where They Speak
Israel
  
United States of America
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
225,000,000.00
  
3
Dialect 2
Samaritan Hebrew
  
Hiberno-English
  
Where They Speak
Israel, Palestine
  
Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
4,500,000.00
  
15
Dialect 3
Yemenite Hebrew
  
Welsh English
  
Where They Speak
Israel
  
United Kingdom
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
2,500,000.00
  
14
How Many People Speak?
9.00 million
  
99+
1,200.00 million
  
1
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
4.40 million
  
99+
400.00 million
  
3
Second Language Speakers
5.60 million
  
27
400.00 million
  
1
Native Name
עברית / עִבְרִית (ivrit)
  
English
  
Alternative Names
Israeli, Ivrit
  
Not Available
  
French Name
hébreu
  
anglais
  
German Name
Hebräisch
  
Englisch
  
Pronunciation
[(ʔ)ivˈʁit] - [(ʔ)ivˈɾit]
  
/ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ/
  
Ethnicity
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Origin
1000 BC
  
5th Century 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 English, Middle English, Early Modern English and English
  
Standard Forms
Modern Hebrew
  
Standard English
  
Signed Forms
Signed Hebrew
  
Signed English
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
he
  
en
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
heb
  
eng
  
ISO 639 2/B
heb
  
eng
  
ISO 639 3
heb
  
eng
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
engs
  
Glottocode
hebr1246
  
stan1293
  
Linguasphere
12-AAB-a
  
52-ABA
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object, Verb-Subject-Object
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
  
Analytic, Fusional, Isolating, Synthetic