Countries
Japan
  
Israel
  
National Language
Japan
  
Israel
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Israel
  
Speaking Continents
Asia, Pacific
  
Africa, Asia, Europe
  
Minority Language
Palau
  
Poland
  
Regulated By
Agency for Cultural Affairs (文化庁) at the Ministry of Education
  
Academy of the Hebrew Language
  
Interesting Facts
- In Japanese Language, there are 4 different ways to address people: kun, chan, san and sama.
- There are many words in Japanese language which end with vowel letter, which determines the structure and rhythm of Japanese.
  
- The original language of Bible is Hebrew.
- The men and women use different verbs in hebrew language.
  
Similar To
Korean Language
  
Arabic and Aramaic languages
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Aramaic Language
  
Alphabets in
Japanese-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Hebrew-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
How Many Vowels
0
  
Scripts
Kana
  
Hebrew
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
  
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
こんにちは (Kon'nichiwa)
  
שלום (Shalom)
  
Thank You
ありがとう (Arigatō)
  
תודה (Toda)
  
How Are You?
お元気ですか (O genki desu ka?)
  
מה שלומך? (ma shlomxa)
  
Good Night
おやすみなさい (Oyasuminasai)
  
לילה טוב (Laila tov)
  
Good Evening
こんばんは (Konbanwa)
  
ערב טוב (Erev tov)
  
Good Afternoon
こんにちは (Konnichiwa!)
  
אחר צהריים טובים (Achar tzahara'im tovim)
  
Good Morning
おはよう (Ohayō)
  
בוקר טוב (Boker tov)
  
Please
お願いします (Onegaishimasu)
  
בבקשה (bevekshah)
  
Sorry
ごめんなさい (Gomen'nasai)
  
סליחה! (Slicha)
  
Bye
さようなら (Sayōnara)
  
להתראות (Lehitraot)
  
I Love You
愛しています (Aishiteimasu)
  
אני אוהבת אותך (Ani ohevet otcha)
  
Excuse Me
すみません (Sumimasen)
  
בבקשה!
  
Dialect 1
Sanuki
  
Ashkenazi Hebrew
  
Where They Speak
Kagawa
  
Israel
  
How Many People Speak
1,000,000.00
  
28
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Hakata
  
Samaritan Hebrew
  
Where They Speak
Fukuoka
  
Israel, Palestine
  
Dialect 3
Kansai
  
Yemenite Hebrew
  
Where They Speak
kansai
  
Israel
  
How Many People Speak?
128.00 million
  
14
9.00 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
128.00 million
  
9
4.40 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
5.60 million
  
27
Native Name
日本語
  
עברית / עִבְרִית (ivrit)
  
Alternative Names
Not Available
  
Israeli, Ivrit
  
French Name
japonais
  
hébreu
  
German Name
Japanisch
  
Hebräisch
  
Pronunciation
/nihoɴɡo/: [nihõŋɡo], [nihõŋŋo]
  
[(ʔ)ivˈʁit] - [(ʔ)ivˈɾit]
  
Ethnicity
Japanese (Yamato)
  
Not Available
  
Origin
1185
  
1000 BC
  
Language Family
Japonic Family
  
Afro-Asiatic Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Semitic
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Canaanitic
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old Japanese, Early Middle Japanese, Late Middle Japanese and Early Modern Japanese
  
Biblical Hebrew, Mishnaic Hebrew, Medieval Hebrew, Hebrew
  
Standard Forms
Japanese
  
Modern Hebrew
  
Signed Forms
Signed Japanese
  
Signed Hebrew
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
ja
  
he
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
jpn
  
heb
  
ISO 639 2/B
jpn
  
heb
  
ISO 639 3
jpn
  
heb
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
nucl1643
  
hebr1246
  
Linguasphere
45-CAA-a
  
12-AAB-a
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Subject-Verb-Object, Verb-Subject-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic
  
Fusional, Synthetic
  
Japanese and Hebrew Speaking population
Japanese and Hebrew speaking population is one of the factors based on which Japanese and Hebrew languages can be compared. The total count of Japanese and Hebrew Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Japanese language is 1.90 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Hebrew language is Not Available. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Japanese and Hebrew on Japanese vs Hebrew where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Japanese and Hebrew Language Codes
Japanese and Hebrew language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Japanese and Hebrew Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.