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Italian vs Hebrew


Hebrew vs Italian


Countries

Countries
Croatia, European Union, Italy, San Marino, Slovenia, Switzerland, Vatican City   
Israel   

Total No. Of Countries
7   
8
1   
14

National Language
Italy, San Marino, Switzerland, Vatican City   
Israel   

Second Language
Albania, Croatia, Malta, Slovenia   
Israel   

Speaking Continents
Europe   
Africa, Asia, Europe   

Minority Language
Crimea, Eritrea, France, Libya, Monaco, Montenegro, Romania, Somalia   
Poland   

Regulated By
Accademia della Crusca (Academy of the bran)   
Academy of the Hebrew Language   

Interesting Facts
  • One of the most romantic and melodic language in the history of the world is Italian.
  • Italian Language is in the top three of the most widely spoken European languages in Europe.
  
  • The original language of Bible is Hebrew.
  • The men and women use different verbs in hebrew language.
  

Similar To
French and Portuguese Languages   
Arabic and Aramaic languages   

Derived From
Latin   
Aramaic Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
21   
3
22   
4

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
0   

How Many Consonants
16   
6
22   
12

Scripts
Latin   
Hebrew   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks   
6
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
ciao   
שלום (Shalom)   

Thank You
grazie   
תודה (Toda)   

How Are You?
Come stai?   
מה שלומך? (ma shlomxa)   

Good Night
buonanotte   
לילה טוב (Laila tov)   

Good Evening
buonasera   
ערב טוב (Erev tov)   

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

Good Morning
buongiorno   
בוקר טוב (Boker tov)   

Please
Per Favore   
בבקשה (bevekshah)   

Sorry
scusate   
סליחה! (Slicha)   

Bye
arrivederci   
להתראות (Lehitraot)   

I Love You
Ti amo   
אני אוהבת אותך (Ani ohevet otcha)   

Excuse Me
Scusami   
בבקשה!   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Romanesco   
Ashkenazi Hebrew   

Where They Speak
Lazio   
Israel   

How Many People Speak
3,000,000.00   
21
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Central Italian   
Samaritan Hebrew   

Where They Speak
Abruzzo, central Marche, Lazio, south Tuscany, Umbria   
Israel, Palestine   

How Many People Speak
5,000,000.00   
14
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Tuscan   
Yemenite Hebrew   

Where They Speak
Corsica, Gallura, Haute-Corse, Sardinia, Tuscany, Umbria   
Israel   

Total No. Of Dialects
15   
14
7   
7

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
78.00 million   
21
9.00 million   
99+

Speaking Population
0.90 %   
22
Not Available   

Native Speakers
64.00 million   
18
4.40 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
14.00 million   
20
5.60 million   
27

Native Name
Italiano   
עברית / עִבְרִית (ivrit)   

Alternative Names
Italiano   
Israeli, Ivrit   

French Name
italien   
hébreu   

German Name
Italienisch   
Hebräisch   

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

Ethnicity
Italians   
Not Available   

History

Origin
960 BC   
1000 BC   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Afro-Asiatic Family   

Subgroup
Romance   
Semitic   

Branch
Not Available   
Canaanitic   

Language Forms
  
  

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

Standard Forms
Italian   
Modern Hebrew   

Language Position
27   
23
23   
19

Signed Forms
italiano segnato "Signed Italian" & italiano segnato esatto "Signed Exact Italian"   
Signed Hebrew   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
it   
he   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ita   
heb   

ISO 639 2/B
ita   
heb   

ISO 639 3
ita   
heb   

ISO 639 6
itas   
Not Available   

Glottocode
ital1282   
hebr1246   

Linguasphere
51-AAA-q   
12-AAB-a   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic   
Fusional, Synthetic   

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Italian and Hebrew Language History

Comparison of Italian vs Hebrew language history gives us differences between origin of Italian and Hebrew language. History of Italian language states that this language originated in 960 BC whereas history of Hebrew language states that this language originated in 1000 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 Italian and Hebrew Language History.

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

Italian vs Hebrew Difficulty

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

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