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Hebrew vs German


German vs Hebrew


Countries

Countries
Israel  
Austria, Belgium, Germany, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Switzerland  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
7  
8

National Language
Israel  
Germany  

Second Language
Israel  
North Dakota, United States of America  

Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia, Europe  
Europe  

Minority Language
Poland  
Czech Republic, Denmark, Former Soviet Union, France, Hungary, Italy, Namibia, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia  

Regulated By
Academy of the Hebrew Language  
Council for German Orthography  

Interesting Facts
  • The original language of Bible is Hebrew.
  • The men and women use different verbs in hebrew language.
  
  • One of the large group of Indo-Germanic languages is German.
  • The second most popular Germanic language spoken today behind English is German language.
  

Similar To
Arabic and Aramaic languages  
Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish and English Languages  

Derived From
Aramaic Language  
Albanian Languages  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
22  
4
26  
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
0  
10  
7

How Many Consonants
22  
12
9  
1

Scripts
Hebrew  
Latin  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
30 weeks  
9

Greetings

Hello
שלום (Shalom)  
hallo  

Thank You
תודה (Toda)  
Danke  

How Are You?
מה שלומך? (ma shlomxa)  
Wie geht es dir?  

Good Night
לילה טוב (Laila tov)  
gute Nacht  

Good Evening
ערב טוב (Erev tov)  
guten Abend  

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

Good Morning
בוקר טוב (Boker tov)  
guten Morgen  

Please
בבקשה (bevekshah)  
bitte  

Sorry
סליחה! (Slicha)  
Verzeihung  

Bye
להתראות (Lehitraot)  
Tschüs  

I Love You
אני אוהבת אותך (Ani ohevet otcha)  
Ich liebe dich  

Excuse Me
בבקשה!  
Entschuldigung  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Ashkenazi Hebrew  
Swiss German  

Where They Speak
Israel  
Switzerland  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
4,500,000.00  
18

Dialect 2
Samaritan Hebrew  
Swabian German  

Where They Speak
Israel, Palestine  
Germany  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
820,000.00  
26

Dialect 3
Yemenite Hebrew  
Texas German  

Where They Speak
Israel  
Texas  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
6,000.00  
35

Total No. Of Dialects
7  
7
28  
23

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
9.00 million  
99+
229.00 million  
8

Speaking Population
Not Available  
1.39 %  
12

Native Speakers
4.40 million  
99+
101.00 million  
10

Second Language Speakers
5.60 million  
27
128.00 million  
5

Native Name
עברית / עִבְרִית (ivrit)  
Deutsch  

Alternative Names
Israeli, Ivrit  
Deutsch, Tedesco  

French Name
hébreu  
allemand  

German Name
Hebräisch  
Deutsch  

Pronunciation
[(ʔ)ivˈʁit] - [(ʔ)ivˈɾit]  
[ˈdɔʏtʃ]  

Ethnicity
Not Available  
Germans  

History

Origin
1000 BC  
6th Century AD  

Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Semitic  
Germanic  

Branch
Canaanitic  
Western  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Biblical Hebrew, Mishnaic Hebrew, Medieval Hebrew, Hebrew  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Modern Hebrew  
German Standard German, Swiss Standard German and Austrian Standard German  

Language Position
23  
19
9  
9

Signed Forms
Signed Hebrew  
Signed German  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
he  
de  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
heb  
deu  

ISO 639 2/B
heb  
ger  

ISO 639 3
heb  
deu  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
deus  

Glottocode
hebr1246  
high1287, uppe1397  

Linguasphere
12-AAB-a  
52-ACB–dl & -dm  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic  
Fusional, Synthetic  

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Hebrew and German Language History

Comparison of Hebrew vs German language history gives us differences between origin of Hebrew and German language. History of Hebrew language states that this language originated in 1000 BC whereas history of German language states that this language originated in 6th 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 German Language History.

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Hebrew and German 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 German greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Hebrew and German language. Hebrew word for "Hello" is שלום (Shalom) or German word for "Thank You" is Danke. Find more of such common Hebrew Greetings and German Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Hebrew vs German Difficulty

The Hebrew vs German difficulty level basically depends on the number of Hebrew Alphabets and German 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 German are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Hebrew and German, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Hebrew is 44 weeks while to learn German time required is 30 weeks.

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