Countries
Israel
  
Japan
  
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 in
Hebrew-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Japanese-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
How Many Vowels
0
  
Scripts
Hebrew
  
Kana
  
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
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)
  
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
  
How Many People Speak?
9.00 million
  
99+
128.00 million
  
14
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
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)
  
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
  
Signed Forms
Signed Hebrew
  
Signed Japanese
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
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
  
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.