Countries
Israel
  
India, Pakistan
  
National Language
Israel
  
India, Pakistan
  
Second Language
Israel
  
Pakistan
  
Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia, Europe
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Poland
  
Australia, Canada, United Kingdom, United States of America
  
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.
  
- Punjabi is 2nd most spoken in United Kingdom and 4th most spoken in Canada.
- Punjabi is tonal language, by using various tones Punjabi speakers are able to differentiate between words.
  
Similar To
Arabic and Aramaic languages
  
Hindi Language
  
Derived From
Aramaic Language
  
Sanskrit Language
  
Alphabets in
Hebrew-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Punjabi-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
How Many Vowels
0
  
Scripts
Hebrew
  
Gurmukhi, Shahmukhi
  
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
שלום (Shalom)
  
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (namaskar)
  
Thank You
תודה (Toda)
  
ਸ਼ੁਕਰੀਆ (shukrīā)
  
How Are You?
מה שלומך? (ma shlomxa)
  
ਤੁਹਾਡਾ ਕੀ ਹਾਲ ਹੈ? (tuhāḍā kī hāl he?)
  
Good Night
לילה טוב (Laila tov)
  
ਸ਼ੁੱਭ ਰਾਤਰੀ (shubh rātri)
  
Good Evening
ערב טוב (Erev tov)
  
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)
  
Good Afternoon
אחר צהריים טובים (Achar tzahara'im tovim)
  
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (Namasakāra)
  
Good Morning
בוקר טוב (Boker tov)
  
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)
  
Please
בבקשה (bevekshah)
  
ਕਿਰਪਾ ਕਰਕੇ (kirpā karkē)
  
Sorry
סליחה! (Slicha)
  
ਖਿਮਾ/ਮਾਫ਼ ਕਰੋ ਜੀ। (kimā)
  
Bye
להתראות (Lehitraot)
  
ਫਿਰ ਮਿਲਾੰਗੇ (Fair milaange)
  
I Love You
אני אוהבת אותך (Ani ohevet otcha)
  
ਮੈਂ ਤੈਨੂੰ ਪਿਆਰ ਕਰਦਾ ਹਾਂ। (mẽ tenū̃ piār kardā hā̃)
  
Excuse Me
בבקשה!
  
ਵੇਖੋ ਜੀ। (vēkhō jī)
  
Dialect 1
Ashkenazi Hebrew
  
Pothohari
  
Where They Speak
Israel
  
Pakistan
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
2,500,000.00
  
22
Dialect 2
Samaritan Hebrew
  
Saraiki
  
Where They Speak
Israel, Palestine
  
Afganistan, India, Pakistan
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
20,000,000.00
  
5
Dialect 3
Yemenite Hebrew
  
Doabi
  
Where They Speak
Israel
  
Pakistan, Punjab, India
  
How Many People Speak?
9.00 million
  
99+
154.30 million
  
12
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
4.40 million
  
99+
100.00 million
  
11
Second Language Speakers
5.60 million
  
27
54.30 million
  
12
Native Name
עברית / עִבְרִית (ivrit)
  
ਪੰਜਾਬੀ, پنجابی
  
Alternative Names
Israeli, Ivrit
  
Lahanda, Lahnda, Lahndi, Lahori, Majhi, Gurmukhi, Gurumukhi, Panjabi
  
French Name
hébreu
  
pendjabi
  
German Name
Hebräisch
  
Pandschabi-Sprache
  
Pronunciation
[(ʔ)ivˈʁit] - [(ʔ)ivˈɾit]
  
Not Availble
  
Ethnicity
Not Available
  
Punjabis
  
Origin
1000 BC
  
1000 AD
  
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Semitic
  
Indo-Iranian
  
Branch
Canaanitic
  
Indic
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Biblical Hebrew, Mishnaic Hebrew, Medieval Hebrew, Hebrew
  
Shauraseni, Kaikeyi
  
Standard Forms
Modern Hebrew
  
Modern Punjabi
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Signed Hebrew
  
Indian Signing System (ISS)
  
Scope
Individual
  
Not Available
  
ISO 639 1
he
  
pa
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
heb
  
pan
  
ISO 639 2/B
heb
  
pan
  
ISO 639 3
heb
  
pan
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
hebr1246
  
panj1256
  
Linguasphere
12-AAB-a
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Not Available
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object, Verb-Subject-Object
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
  
Fusional