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English vs Hebrew


Countries

Countries
Israel  
Barbados, Belize, Botswana, Cameroon, Canada, Dominica, Fiji, Ghana, India, Ireland, Jamaica, Kenya, Malta, Mauritius, Micronesia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Samoa, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Somaliland, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda, United Kingdom, Zambia, Zimbabwe  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
33  
2

National Language
Israel  
Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Gibraltar, Grenada, Guam, Guyana, Jersey, Montserrat, Nauru, Singapore, Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom, United States of America  

Second Language
Israel  
India, Nigeria, Pakistan, Singapore  

Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia, Europe  
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, South America  

Minority Language
Poland  
South Africa  

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.
  
  • Most of the English words begin with the letter S than any other letter.
  • English is third most commonly spoken language in the world.
  

Similar To
Arabic and Aramaic languages  
Not Available  

Derived From
Aramaic Language  
Latin  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Hebrew-Alphabets.jpg#200  
English-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
22  
4
26  
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
0  
5  
2

How Many Consonants
22  
12
21  
11

Scripts
Hebrew  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
7  
6

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
6 weeks  
3

Greetings

Hello
שלום (Shalom)  
Hello  

Thank You
תודה (Toda)  
Thank you  

How Are You?
מה שלומך? (ma shlomxa)  
How are you?  

Good Night
לילה טוב (Laila tov)  
Good Night  

Good Evening
ערב טוב (Erev tov)  
Good Evening  

Good Afternoon
אחר צהריים טובים (Achar tzahara'im tovim)  
Good Afternoon  

Good Morning
בוקר טוב (Boker tov)  
Good Morning  

Please
בבקשה (bevekshah)  
Please  

Sorry
סליחה! (Slicha)  
Sorry  

Bye
להתראות (Lehitraot)  
Bye  

I Love You
אני אוהבת אותך (Ani ohevet otcha)  
I love you  

Excuse Me
בבקשה!  
Excuse Me  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Ashkenazi Hebrew  
American English  

Where They Speak
Israel  
United States of America  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
225,000,000.00  
3

Dialect 2
Samaritan Hebrew  
Hiberno-English  

Where They Speak
Israel, Palestine  
Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
4,500,000.00  
15

Dialect 3
Yemenite Hebrew  
Welsh English  

Where They Speak
Israel  
United Kingdom  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
2,500,000.00  
14

Total No. Of Dialects
7  
7
188  
34

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
9.00 million  
99+
1,200.00 million  
1

Speaking Population
Not Available  
5.43 %  
4

Native Speakers
4.40 million  
99+
400.00 million  
3

Second Language Speakers
5.60 million  
27
400.00 million  
1

Native Name
עברית / עִבְרִית (ivrit)  
English  

Alternative Names
Israeli, Ivrit  
Not Available  

French Name
hébreu  
anglais  

German Name
Hebräisch  
Englisch  

Pronunciation
[(ʔ)ivˈʁit] - [(ʔ)ivˈɾit]  
/ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ/  

Ethnicity
Not Available  
Not Available  

History

Origin
1000 BC  
5th Century AD  

Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Semitic  
Not Available  

Branch
Canaanitic  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Biblical Hebrew, Mishnaic Hebrew, Medieval Hebrew, Hebrew  
Old English, Middle English, Early Modern English and English  

Standard Forms
Modern Hebrew  
Standard English  

Language Position
23  
19
3  
3

Signed Forms
Signed Hebrew  
Signed English  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
he  
en  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
heb  
eng  

ISO 639 2/B
heb  
eng  

ISO 639 3
heb  
eng  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
engs  

Glottocode
hebr1246  
stan1293  

Linguasphere
12-AAB-a  
52-ABA  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object, Verb-Subject-Object  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic  
Analytic, Fusional, Isolating, Synthetic  

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Hebrew and English Language History

Comparison of Hebrew vs English language history gives us differences between origin of Hebrew and English language. History of Hebrew language states that this language originated in 1000 BC whereas history of English language states that this language originated in 5th Century AD. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Hebrew and English Language History.

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Hebrew and English Greetings

People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Hebrew and English greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Hebrew and English language. Hebrew word for "Hello" is שלום (Shalom) or English word for "Thank You" is Thank you. Find more of such common Hebrew Greetings and English Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Hebrew vs English Difficulty

The Hebrew vs English difficulty level basically depends on the number of Hebrew Alphabets and English Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Hebrew and English are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Hebrew and English, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Hebrew is 44 weeks while to learn English time required is 6 weeks.

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