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Hebrew Language

Hebrew alphabet, Hebrew orthography, Hebrew language history and sources

Hebrew language

Hebrew: Official language of Israel.

Number of Hebrew Speakers: Five million in Israel.

Hebrew Speakers: Practically in all countries.

Hebrew Alphabet: Written from right to left. Vocabulary of modern Hebrew, called Ivrit, is based upon Biblical Hebrew with numerous additions.

Hebrew Orthography: Hebrew language has 22 consonants. Vowels are normally not written.

Hebrew Language Enriched by: Hebrew adopted many words from Arabic,  Persian, Greek, Latin, and Yiddish. Hebrew is related to Arabic.

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Hebrew Language History: Hebrew and its alphabet date back over 3000 years.

Hebrew Standardization Efforts: Eliezer Perelman (later Ben-Yehuda) worked to revive Hebrew and make it a modern language. Hebrew became the official language of Israel in 1948.

Unique Features of Hebrew: Language of prayer for Jews all around the world.

Hebrew language is included in the Speech Assessment Methods Phonetic Alphabet (SAMPA) which is a computer-readable phonetic script using 7-bit printable ASCII characters based on the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA).

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