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Hebrew Language Facts
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| Extinct: no |
| Family: Afro-Asiatic |
| Branch: Semitic |
| Continent: Asia |
| Country: Israel |
| Region: HEBREW: Also spoken in Australia, Canada, Germany, Palestinian West Bank and Gaza, Panama, United Kingdom, USA. HEBREW, ANCIENT: None |
| Countries Where Spoken: HEBREW: 4,847,000 in Israel (1998) or 81% of the population (1995). Population total all countries 5,150,000. HEBREW, ANCIENT: None |
| Countries Where Official: Israel |
| Native Speakers: 4,847,000 |
| Speakers Total: 5,150,000 |
| Phrasebase members who speak this language at a native level: 234 |
| Phrasebase members who speak this language at a conversational level: 234 |
| Phrasebase members primary language they are trying to learn: 906 |
| Phrasebase members secondary language they are trying to learn: 3,019 |
| Three Letter Code: HEB |
| Alternative Names: IVRIT, OLD HEBREW |
| Dialects: |
| Summary: HEBREW: Not a direct offspring from Biblical or other varieties of Ancient Hebrew, but an amalgamation of different Hebrew strata plus intrinsic evolution within the living speech. Some who use it as primary language now in Israel, learned it as their second language originally. Spoken by all Israelis as first or second language. There is a Hebrew Language Academy. National language. Dictionary. Grammar. SVO. Jewish. Bible 1599-1877. HEBREW, ANCIENT: Used as a liturgical language, and for the text of the Jewish Bible. Jewish. Extinct. Bible portions c. 2000-400 B.C. |
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