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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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