HEB ISO 639-3
Hebrew
עברית (Ivrit), עברית חדשה (ivrít ḥadašá[h]) Autonym
A language of Israel
- ISO 639
- heb
- Alternate Names
- Israeli
- Autonym
- עברית (Ivrit), עברית חדשה (ivrít ḥadašá[h])
- Population
- 8,300,000 in Israel, all users. L1 users: 5,000,000 in Israel (Leclerc 2018a). Spoken by all Israelis as L1 or L2. Some who use it as L1 now in Israel learned it as L2 originally. L2 users: 3,300,000 (2018). Total users in all countries: 9,387,050 (as L1: 6,087,050; as L2: 3,300,000).
- Location:
- Widespread.
- Language Status
- 1 (National). Statutory national language (1922, Palestine Order in Council, Article 82, 10 October).
- Classification
- Afro-Asiatic, Semitic, Central, South, Canaanite
- Dialects
- Standard Hebrew (Europeanized Hebrew, General Israeli), Oriental Hebrew (Arabized Hebrew, Yemenite Hebrew). An amalgamation of different Hebrew strata plus intrinsic linguistic evolution; not a direct offspring from Biblical or other varieties of Ancient Hebrew.
- Typology
- SVO; prepositions; noun head initial; gender (masculine/feminine); definite article prefixed to noun; verb affixes mark person, number, gender of subject; tense; comparatives; 22 consonants, 5 vowels, 4 diphthongs; non-tonal.
- Language Development
- Fully developed. NT: 1537–2010. Agency: Hebrew Language Academy.
- Language Resources
- OLAC resources in and about Hebrew
- Writing
- Braille script [Brai]. Hebrew script [Hebr], primary usage.
- Other Comments
- Jewish.
Also Spoken in
- Language Status
- Unestablished
- Other Comments
- Non-indigenous. View other languages of Australia
Language Name
Hebrew
User Population
10,300 in Australia (2016 census).
- Language Status
- Unestablished
- Other Comments
- Non-indigenous. View other languages of Canada
Language Name
Hebrew
User Population
19,500 in Canada (2016 census).
- Language Status
- Unestablished
- Other Comments
- Non-indigenous. View other languages of Germany
Language Name
Hebrew
User Population
13,900 in Germany (2020 census). , based on nationality.
- Language Status
- Unestablished
- Other Comments
- Non-indigenous. View other languages of United Kingdom
Language Name
Hebrew
User Population
6,200 in United Kingdom (2011 census).
- Language Status
- Unestablished
- Other Comments
- Non-indigenous. View other languages of New Zealand
Language Name
Hebrew
User Population
1,350 in New Zealand (2013 census).
- Language Status
- 5 (Dispersed)
- Other Comments
- Non-indigenous. View other languages of Palestine
Language Name
Hebrew
User Population
804,000 in Palestine (2019).
- Language Status
- Unestablished
- Other Comments
- Non-indigenous. View other languages of Russian Federation
Language Name
Hebrew
User Population
18,800 in Russian Federation (2012 UNSD).
- Location
- New York: New York City; California: Los Angeles; concentrated in other urban areas; scattered elsewhere.
- Language Status
- Unestablished
- Other Comments
- Non-indigenous. View other languages of United States
Language Name
Hebrew
User Population
213,000 in United States (2015 census).
Map
Location: Widespread.
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