Countries
Israel
  
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan
  
National Language
Israel
  
Afganistan, Azerbaijan, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
  
Second Language
Israel
  
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka
  
Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia, Europe
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Poland
  
Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates
  
Regulated By
Academy of the Hebrew Language
  
Academy of Persian Language and Literature (فرهنگستان زبان و اد, Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan
  
Interesting Facts
- The original language of Bible is Hebrew.
- The men and women use different verbs in hebrew language.
  
- In Iran, Parsi language is known as Farsi, while in Afghanistan Persian language is known as Dari.
- Persian language has borrowed many loanwords from the Arabic language.
  
Similar To
Arabic and Aramaic languages
  
Pashto and Balochi Languages
  
Derived From
Aramaic Language
  
Arabic Language
  
Alphabets in
Hebrew-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Persian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
How Many Vowels
0
  
Scripts
Hebrew
  
Arabic
  
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
שלום (Shalom)
  
سلام
  
Thank You
תודה (Toda)
  
متشکرم
  
How Are You?
מה שלומך? (ma shlomxa)
  
چطور هستید?
  
Good Night
לילה טוב (Laila tov)
  
شب بخیر
  
Good Evening
ערב טוב (Erev tov)
  
عصر بخیر
  
Good Afternoon
אחר צהריים טובים (Achar tzahara'im tovim)
  
بعد از ظهر بخیر
  
Good Morning
בוקר טוב (Boker tov)
  
صبح به خیر
  
Please
בבקשה (bevekshah)
  
لطفا
  
Sorry
סליחה! (Slicha)
  
متاسف
  
Bye
להתראות (Lehitraot)
  
خدا حافظ
  
I Love You
אני אוהבת אותך (Ani ohevet otcha)
  
من شما را دوست دارم
  
Excuse Me
בבקשה!
  
ببخشيد!
  
Dialect 1
Ashkenazi Hebrew
  
Western Persian
  
Where They Speak
Israel
  
Iran, Iraq
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
47,000,000.00
  
7
Dialect 2
Samaritan Hebrew
  
Dari Persian
  
Where They Speak
Israel, Palestine
  
Afganistan
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
12,500,000.00
  
7
Dialect 3
Yemenite Hebrew
  
Tajik Persian
  
Where They Speak
Israel
  
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
7,900,000.00
  
6
How Many People Speak?
9.00 million
  
99+
65.00 million
  
26
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
4.40 million
  
99+
65.00 million
  
17
Second Language Speakers
5.60 million
  
27
Not Available
  
Native Name
עברית / עִבְרִית (ivrit)
  
فارسی
  
Alternative Names
Israeli, Ivrit
  
New Persian, Parsi, Persian, West Persian
  
French Name
hébreu
  
persan
  
German Name
Hebräisch
  
Persisch
  
Pronunciation
[(ʔ)ivˈʁit] - [(ʔ)ivˈɾit]
  
[fɒːɾˈsiː]
  
Ethnicity
Not Available
  
Persian people
  
Origin
1000 BC
  
1500 BC
  
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Semitic
  
Indo-Iranian
  
Branch
Canaanitic
  
Iranian
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Biblical Hebrew, Mishnaic Hebrew, Medieval Hebrew, Hebrew
  
Old Persian and Middle Persian
  
Standard Forms
Modern Hebrew
  
Persian
  
Signed Forms
Signed Hebrew
  
Persian Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
he
  
fa
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
heb
  
fas
  
ISO 639 2/B
heb
  
per
  
ISO 639 3
heb
  
pes
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
hebr1246
  
fars1254
  
Linguasphere
12-AAB-a
  
58-AAC-c
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object, Verb-Subject-Object
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
  
Synthetic