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Hebrew vs Spanish


Countries

Countries
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   
Israel   

Total No. Of Countries
46   
1
1   
14

National Language
Spain   
Israel   

Second Language
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   
Israel   

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

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

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

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

Similar To
French Language   
Arabic and Aramaic languages   

Derived From
Latin   
Aramaic Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
27   
9
22   
4

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
0   

How Many Consonants
22   
12
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
hola   
שלום (Shalom)   

Thank You
Gracias   
תודה (Toda)   

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

Good Night
Buenas Noches   
לילה טוב (Laila tov)   

Good Evening
Bonne soirée   
ערב טוב (Erev tov)   

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

Good Morning
Buenos Días   
בוקר טוב (Boker tov)   

Please
Por Favor   
בבקשה (bevekshah)   

Sorry
triste   
סליחה! (Slicha)   

Bye
adiós   
להתראות (Lehitraot)   

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

Excuse Me
Discúlpeme   
בבקשה!   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Mexican Spanish   
Ashkenazi Hebrew   

Where They Speak
Mexico   
Israel   

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

Dialect 2
Cuban Spanish   
Samaritan Hebrew   

Where They Speak
Cuba   
Israel, Palestine   

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

Dialect 3
Puerto Rican Spanish   
Yemenite Hebrew   

Where They Speak
Puerto Rico   
Israel   

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

Total No. Of Dialects
21   
19
7   
7

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
6.15 %   
3
Not Available   

Native Speakers
410.00 million   
2
4.40 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
89.50 million   
9
5.60 million   
27

Native Name
Español   
עברית / עִבְרִית (ivrit)   

Alternative Names
Castellano, Castilian, Español   
Israeli, Ivrit   

French Name
espagnol; castillan   
hébreu   

German Name
Spanisch   
Hebräisch   

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

Ethnicity
Not Available   
Not Available   

History

Origin
210 BC   
1000 BC   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Afro-Asiatic Family   

Subgroup
Romance   
Semitic   

Branch
Not Available   
Canaanitic   

Language Forms
  
  

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

Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Spanish   
Modern Hebrew   

Language Position
2   
2
23   
19

Signed Forms
Signed Spanish   
Signed Hebrew   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
es   
he   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
spa   
heb   

ISO 639 2/B
spa   
heb   

ISO 639 3
spa   
heb   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
stan1288   
hebr1246   

Linguasphere
51-AAA-b   
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
Fusional, Synthetic   
Fusional, Synthetic   

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Spanish and Hebrew Language History

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

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

Spanish vs Hebrew Difficulty

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

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