Countries
Israel
  
Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia
  
National Language
Israel
  
Somalia
  
Second Language
Israel
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia, Europe
  
Africa, Middle East
  
Minority Language
Poland
  
Yemen
  
Regulated By
Academy of the Hebrew Language
  
National Languages Committee, Regional Somali Language Academy
  
Interesting Facts
- The original language of Bible is Hebrew.
- The men and women use different verbs in hebrew language.
  
- Somali language is one of the best documented Afro-Asiatic languages.
- One of the most widely spoken of the Cushitic languages is the Somali Language.
  
Similar To
Arabic and Aramaic languages
  
Afar and Oromo Language
  
Derived From
Aramaic Language
  
Arabic Language
  
Alphabets in
Hebrew-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Somali-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
How Many Vowels
0
  
Scripts
Hebrew
  
Arabic, Latin, Osmanya
  
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
שלום (Shalom)
  
Hello
  
Thank You
תודה (Toda)
  
Waad ku mahadsan tahay
  
How Are You?
מה שלומך? (ma shlomxa)
  
Sidee tahay ?
  
Good Night
לילה טוב (Laila tov)
  
Habeenka Good
  
Good Evening
ערב טוב (Erev tov)
  
Evening Good
  
Good Afternoon
אחר צהריים טובים (Achar tzahara'im tovim)
  
galab wanaagsan
  
Good Morning
בוקר טוב (Boker tov)
  
Subax wanaagsan
  
Please
בבקשה (bevekshah)
  
Fadlan
  
Sorry
סליחה! (Slicha)
  
sorry
  
Bye
להתראות (Lehitraot)
  
caraysiiyo
  
I Love You
אני אוהבת אותך (Ani ohevet otcha)
  
Waan ku jeclahay
  
Excuse Me
בבקשה!
  
iga raali ahow
  
Dialect 1
Ashkenazi Hebrew
  
Northern Somali
  
Where They Speak
Israel
  
Gabon, Standard Somali
  
Dialect 2
Samaritan Hebrew
  
Benaadir
  
Where They Speak
Israel, Palestine
  
Georgia, The capital of Mogadishu
  
Dialect 3
Yemenite Hebrew
  
Af-Ashraaf
  
Where They Speak
Israel
  
Standard Somali
  
How Many People Speak?
9.00 million
  
99+
13.00 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
4.40 million
  
99+
8.00 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
5.60 million
  
27
Not Available
  
Native Name
עברית / עִבְרִית (ivrit)
  
af Soomaali
  
Alternative Names
Israeli, Ivrit
  
Af-Maxaad Tiri, Af-Soomaali, Common Somali, Soomaaliga
  
French Name
hébreu
  
somali
  
German Name
Hebräisch
  
Somali
  
Pronunciation
[(ʔ)ivˈʁit] - [(ʔ)ivˈɾit]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Not Available
  
Somalis
  
Origin
1000 BC
  
19th century
  
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
  
Afro-Asiatic Family
  
Subgroup
Semitic
  
Cushitic
  
Branch
Canaanitic
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Biblical Hebrew, Mishnaic Hebrew, Medieval Hebrew, Hebrew
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Modern Hebrew
  
Somali
  
Signed Forms
Signed Hebrew
  
Somali Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
he
  
so
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
heb
  
som
  
ISO 639 2/B
heb
  
som
  
ISO 639 3
heb
  
som
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
hebr1246
  
soma1255
  
Linguasphere
12-AAB-a
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object, Verb-Subject-Object
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
  
Not Available