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1 Countries

1.1 Countries

Israel

1.2 Total No. Of Countries

1
Rank: 14 (Overall)
Bhojpuri
0 46

1.3 National Language

Israel

1.4 Second Language

Israel

1.5 Speaking Continents

Africa, Asia, Europe

1.6 Minority Language

Poland

1.7 Regulated By

Academy of the Hebrew Language

1.8 Interesting Facts

  • The original language of Bible is Hebrew.
  • The men and women use different verbs in hebrew language.

1.9 Similar To

Arabic and Aramaic languages

1.10 Derived From

Aramaic Language

2 Alphabets

2.1 Alphabets in

2.2 Alphabets

22
Rank: 4 (Overall)
Irish
18 247

2.3 Phonology

2.3.1 How Many Vowels

0
Rank: N/A (Overall)
Persian
0 32

2.3.2 How Many Consonants

22
Rank: 12 (Overall)
German
9 60

2.4 Scripts

Hebrew

2.5 Writing Direction

Right-To-Left, Horizontal

2.6 Hard to Learn

2.6.1 Language Levels

6
Rank: 5 (Overall)
Bengali
2 12

2.6.2 Time Taken to Learn

44 weeks
Rank: 11 (Overall)
Cebuano
3 88

3 Greetings

3.1 Hello

שלום (Shalom)

3.2 Thank You

תודה (Toda)

3.3 How Are You?

מה שלומך? (ma shlomxa)

3.4 Good Night

לילה טוב (Laila tov)

3.5 Good Evening

ערב טוב (Erev tov)

3.6 Good Afternoon

אחר צהריים טובים (Achar tzahara'im tovim)

3.7 Good Morning

בוקר טוב (Boker tov)

3.8 Please

בבקשה (bevekshah)

3.9 Sorry

סליחה! (Slicha)

3.10 Bye

להתראות (Lehitraot)

3.11 I Love You

אני אוהבת אותך (Ani ohevet otcha)

3.12 Excuse Me

בבקשה!

4 Dialects

4.1 Dialect 1

Ashkenazi Hebrew

4.1.1 Where They Speak

Israel

4.1.2 How Many People Speak

Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
Macedonian
1.5 960000000

4.2 Dialect 2

Samaritan Hebrew

4.2.1 Where They Speak

Israel, Palestine

4.2.2 How Many People Speak

Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
Dzongkha
700 80000000

4.3 Dialect 3

Yemenite Hebrew

4.3.1 Where They Speak

Israel

4.3.2 How Many People Speak

Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
Romanian
1400 96000000

4.4 Total No. Of Dialects

7
Rank: 7 (Overall)
Sanskrit
0 188

5 How Many People Speak

5.1 How Many People Speak?

9.00 million
Rank: 57 (Overall)
Abkhaz
0.13 1200

5.2 Speaking Population

Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
Xhosa
0.11 89

5.3 Native Speakers

4.40 million
Rank: 68 (Overall)
Abkhaz
0.13 873

5.3.1 Second Language Speakers

5.60 million
Rank: 27 (Overall)
Finnish
0.01 400

5.3.2 Native Name

עברית / עִבְרִית (ivrit)

5.3.3 Alternative Names

Israeli, Ivrit

5.3.4 French Name

hébreu

5.3.5 German Name

Hebräisch

5.4 Pronunciation

[(ʔ)ivˈʁit] - [(ʔ)ivˈɾit]

5.5 Ethnicity

Not Available

6 History

6.1 Origin

1000 BC

6.2 Language Family

Afro-Asiatic Family

6.2.1 Subgroup

Semitic

6.2.2 Branch

Canaanitic

6.3 Language Forms

6.3.1 Early Forms

Biblical Hebrew, Mishnaic Hebrew, Medieval Hebrew, Hebrew

6.3.2 Standard Forms

Modern Hebrew

6.3.3 Language Position

23
Rank: 19 (Overall)
Chinese
1 120

6.3.4 Signed Forms

Signed Hebrew

6.4 Scope

Individual

7 Code

7.1 ISO 639 1

he

7.2 ISO 639 2

7.2.1 ISO 639 2/T

heb

7.2.2 ISO 639 2/B

heb

7.3 ISO 639 3

heb

7.4 ISO 639 6

Not Available

7.5 Glottocode

hebr1246

7.6 Linguasphere

12-AAB-a

7.7 Types of Language

7.7.1 Language Type

Living

7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology

Subject-Verb-Object, Verb-Subject-Object

7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology

Fusional, Synthetic

Origin of Hebrew language

In order to communicate with each other, the origin of language was the essential part. Various languages are spoken all over the world. Hebrew language is one of the Most Difficult Languages. The origin of Hebrew language states that it was put to use in 1000 BC. The history of Hebrew language reveals that the language is old and used since many years. Check out in brief about Hebrew Language History.The evolution of Hebrew language began with early forms such as Biblical Hebrew, Mishnaic Hebrew, Medieval Hebrew, Hebrew. Modern Hebrew is the standard form of Hebrew language and it is used in government centers. Know all About Hebrew Language.

Hebrew population

Hebrew population gives us the total count of number of people speaking Hebrew language. Hebrew language is spoken by 9.00 million people in the world. Most of the Hebrew population lies in the Hebrew Speaking Countries. Hebrew language is spoken as first language by 4.40 million people and as second language by about 5.60 million people. Get to know Hebrew speaking population in detail.

Hebrew writing system

There are numerous writing systems but most widely used scripts are Latin, Cyrillic and Arabic. Hebrew writing system decides the alphabets, vowels and consonants i.e. the written form of Hebrew language. Some languages share common writing systems. Hebrew script is used by Hebrew language. Learn more about . 

Information about Hebrew language

Check out all the information about Hebrew language here. You may find it interesting to learn Hebrew Alphabets or the vowels and consonants of this language. Also knowing about Hebrew Speaking Countries, Hebrew speaking continents and Hebrew Dialects will help in improving your knowledge about this language. Also while travelling to Hebrew countries knowing common Hebrew Greetings will help you in communicating with Hebrew people.