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Hebrew and Japanese


Countries

Countries
Japan   
Israel   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
1   
14

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

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

Alphabets
99   
40
22   
4

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
0   

How Many Consonants
14   
4
22   
12

Scripts
Kana   
Hebrew   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5   
4
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks   
13
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

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!   

Dialects

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   

Total No. Of Dialects
31   
25
7   
7

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
128.00 million   
14
9.00 million   
99+

Speaking Population
1.90 %   
10
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   

History

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   

Language Position
8   
8
23   
19

Signed Forms
Signed Japanese   
Signed Hebrew   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

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   

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All Japanese and Hebrew Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Japanese and Hebrew dialects. Various dialects of Japanese and Hebrew language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Japanese are spoken in different Japanese Speaking Countries whereas Hebrew Dialects are spoken in different Hebrew speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Japanese vs Hebrew Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Japanese dialects include: Sanuki, Hakata. Hebrew dialects include: Ashkenazi Hebrew , Samaritan Hebrew. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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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.

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