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Spanish vs Hebrew


Countries

Countries
Israel   
Andora, Argentina, Aruba, Australia, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gibraltar, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica, Latvia, Luxembourg, Mexico, Morocco, Namibia, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Norway, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Russia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, Uruguay, Venezuela, Western Sahara   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
46   
1

National Language
Israel   
Spain   

Second Language
Israel   
Andora, Aruba, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Belize, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Luxembourg, Morocco, Netherlands, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Slovenia, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, US Virgin Islands   

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

Minority Language
Poland   
Brazil, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Morocco, United Kingdom   

Regulated By
Academy of the Hebrew Language   
Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española   

Interesting Facts
  • The original language of Bible is Hebrew.
  • The men and women use different verbs in hebrew language.
  
  • One of the world's most phonetic language is Spanish.
  • Up to the 18th century, Spanish was diplomatic language.
  

Similar To
Arabic and Aramaic languages   
French Language   

Derived From
Aramaic Language   
Latin   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
22   
4
27   
9

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
0   
5   
2

How Many Consonants
22   
12
22   
12

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
24 weeks   
6

Greetings

Hello
שלום (Shalom)   
hola   

Thank You
תודה (Toda)   
Gracias   

How Are You?
מה שלומך? (ma shlomxa)   
Cómo estás?   

Good Night
לילה טוב (Laila tov)   
Buenas Noches   

Good Evening
ערב טוב (Erev tov)   
Bonne soirée   

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

Good Morning
בוקר טוב (Boker tov)   
Buenos Días   

Please
בבקשה (bevekshah)   
Por Favor   

Sorry
סליחה! (Slicha)   
triste   

Bye
להתראות (Lehitraot)   
adiós   

I Love You
אני אוהבת אותך (Ani ohevet otcha)   
Te Quiero   

Excuse Me
בבקשה!   
Discúlpeme   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Ashkenazi Hebrew   
Mexican Spanish   

Where They Speak
Israel   
Mexico   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
105,000,000.00   
5

Dialect 2
Samaritan Hebrew   
Cuban Spanish   

Where They Speak
Israel, Palestine   
Cuba   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
11,000,000.00   
8

Dialect 3
Yemenite Hebrew   
Puerto Rican Spanish   

Where They Speak
Israel   
Puerto Rico   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
3,900,000.00   
9

Total No. Of Dialects
7   
7
21   
19

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
9.00 million   
99+
489.00 million   
3

Speaking Population
Not Available   
6.15 %   
3

Native Speakers
4.40 million   
99+
410.00 million   
2

Second Language Speakers
5.60 million   
27
89.50 million   
9

Native Name
עברית / עִבְרִית (ivrit)   
Español   

Alternative Names
Israeli, Ivrit   
Castellano, Castilian, Español   

French Name
hébreu   
espagnol; castillan   

German Name
Hebräisch   
Spanisch   

Pronunciation
[(ʔ)ivˈʁit] - [(ʔ)ivˈɾit]   
[espaˈɲol], [kasteˈʎano]   

Ethnicity
Not Available   
Not Available   

History

Origin
1000 BC   
210 BC   

Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Semitic   
Romance   

Branch
Canaanitic   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Biblical Hebrew, Mishnaic Hebrew, Medieval Hebrew, Hebrew   
Old Spanish and Spanish   

Standard Forms
Modern Hebrew   
Pluricentric Standard Spanish   

Language Position
23   
19
2   
2

Signed Forms
Signed Hebrew   
Signed Spanish   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
he   
es   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
heb   
spa   

ISO 639 2/B
heb   
spa   

ISO 639 3
heb   
spa   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
hebr1246   
stan1288   

Linguasphere
12-AAB-a   
51-AAA-b   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic   
Fusional, Synthetic   

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Hebrew and Spanish Language History

Comparison of Hebrew vs Spanish language history gives us differences between origin of Hebrew and Spanish language. History of Hebrew language states that this language originated in 1000 BC whereas history of Spanish language states that this language originated in 210 BC. 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 Spanish Language History.

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

Hebrew vs Spanish Difficulty

The Hebrew vs Spanish difficulty level basically depends on the number of Hebrew Alphabets and Spanish 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 Spanish are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Hebrew and Spanish, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Hebrew is 44 weeks while to learn Spanish time required is 24 weeks.

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