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Countries

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  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
33  
2

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

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

Alphabets
22  
4
26  
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
0  
5  
2

How Many Consonants
22  
12
21  
11

Scripts
Hebrew  
Latin  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
7  
6

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
6 weeks  
3

Greetings

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  

Dialects

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

Total No. Of Dialects
7  
7
188  
34

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
9.00 million  
99+
1,200.00 million  
1

Speaking Population
Not Available  
5.43 %  
4

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  

History

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  

Language Position
23  
19
3  
3

Signed Forms
Signed Hebrew  
Signed English  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

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  

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

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Hebrew and English Speaking population

Hebrew and English speaking population is one of the factors based on which Hebrew and English languages can be compared. The total count of Hebrew and English Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Hebrew language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking English language is 5.43 %. 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 English on Hebrew vs English where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Hebrew and English Language Codes

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

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