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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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