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Japanese and Hebrew


Countries

Countries
Israel   
Japan   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
1   
14

National Language
Israel   
Japan   

Second Language
Israel   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia, Europe   
Asia, Pacific   

Minority Language
Poland   
Palau   

Regulated By
Academy of the Hebrew Language   
Agency for Cultural Affairs (文化庁) at the Ministry of Education   

Interesting Facts
  • The original language of Bible is Hebrew.
  • The men and women use different verbs in hebrew language.
  
  • In Japanese Language, there are 4 different ways to address people: kun, chan, san and sama.
  • There are many words in Japanese language which end with vowel letter, which determines the structure and rhythm of Japanese.
  

Similar To
Arabic and Aramaic languages   
Korean Language   

Derived From
Aramaic Language   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
22   
4
99   
40

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
0   
5   
2

How Many Consonants
22   
12
14   
4

Scripts
Hebrew   
Kana   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
5   
4

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
88 weeks   
13

Greetings

Hello
שלום (Shalom)   
こんにちは (Kon'nichiwa)   

Thank You
תודה (Toda)   
ありがとう (Arigatō)   

How Are You?
מה שלומך? (ma shlomxa)   
お元気ですか (O genki desu ka?)   

Good Night
לילה טוב (Laila tov)   
おやすみなさい (Oyasuminasai)   

Good Evening
ערב טוב (Erev tov)   
こんばんは (Konbanwa)   

Good Afternoon
אחר צהריים טובים (Achar tzahara'im tovim)   
こんにちは (Konnichiwa!)   

Good Morning
בוקר טוב (Boker tov)   
おはよう (Ohayō)   

Please
בבקשה (bevekshah)   
お願いします (Onegaishimasu)   

Sorry
סליחה! (Slicha)   
ごめんなさい (Gomen'nasai)   

Bye
להתראות (Lehitraot)   
さようなら (Sayōnara)   

I Love You
אני אוהבת אותך (Ani ohevet otcha)   
愛しています (Aishiteimasu)   

Excuse Me
בבקשה!   
すみません (Sumimasen)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Ashkenazi Hebrew   
Sanuki   

Where They Speak
Israel   
Kagawa   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
1,000,000.00   
28

Dialect 2
Samaritan Hebrew   
Hakata   

Where They Speak
Israel, Palestine   
Fukuoka   

Dialect 3
Yemenite Hebrew   
Kansai   

Where They Speak
Israel   
kansai   

Total No. Of Dialects
7   
7
31   
25

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
9.00 million   
99+
128.00 million   
14

Speaking Population
Not Available   
1.90 %   
10

Native Speakers
4.40 million   
99+
128.00 million   
9

Second Language Speakers
5.60 million   
27
Not Available   

Native Name
עברית / עִבְרִית (ivrit)   
日本語   

Alternative Names
Israeli, Ivrit   
Not Available   

French Name
hébreu   
japonais   

German Name
Hebräisch   
Japanisch   

Pronunciation
[(ʔ)ivˈʁit] - [(ʔ)ivˈɾit]   
/nihoɴɡo/: [nihõŋɡo], [nihõŋŋo]   

Ethnicity
Not Available   
Japanese (Yamato)   

History

Origin
1000 BC   
1185   

Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family   
Japonic Family   

Subgroup
Semitic   
Not Available   

Branch
Canaanitic   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Biblical Hebrew, Mishnaic Hebrew, Medieval Hebrew, Hebrew   
Old Japanese, Early Middle Japanese, Late Middle Japanese and Early Modern Japanese   

Standard Forms
Modern Hebrew   
Japanese   

Language Position
23   
19
8   
8

Signed Forms
Signed Hebrew   
Signed Japanese   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
he   
ja   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
heb   
jpn   

ISO 639 2/B
heb   
jpn   

ISO 639 3
heb   
jpn   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
hebr1246   
nucl1643   

Linguasphere
12-AAB-a   
45-CAA-a   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object, Verb-Subject-Object   
Subject-Object-Verb   

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic   
Agglutinative, Synthetic   

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

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Hebrew and Japanese Speaking population

Hebrew and Japanese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Hebrew and Japanese languages can be compared. The total count of Hebrew and Japanese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Hebrew language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Japanese language is 1.90 %. 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 Japanese on Hebrew vs Japanese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Hebrew and Japanese Language Codes

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

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