Hebrew
Northwest Semitic language
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Hebrew was established in 1500 BC.[1]
Key Facts
- Country: Israel[3]
- Instance of: modern language[4], language[5]
- Named after: Hebrews[6]
- Subclass of: Canaanite[7], Jewish languages[8]
- Writing system: Hebrew alphabet[9]
- Commons category: Hebrew language[10]
- Wikimedia language code: he[11]
- Has part(s): Biblical Hebrew[12], Modern Hebrew[13], Ashkenazi Hebrew[14], Sephardi Hebrew[15], Yemenite Hebrew[16], Tiberian Hebrew[17]
- Inception: 1500 BC[18]
- Topic's main category: Category:Hebrew language[19]
- Language regulatory body: Academy of the Hebrew Language[20]
- Number of speakers, writers, or signers: 5,353,950[21], 3,950,000[22], 9,000,000[23], 9,303,950[24]
- Topic's main Wikimedia portal: פורטל:השפה העברית[25]
- Described by source: Dictionary of Biblical Criticism and Interpretation (2007 ed.)[26], Jewish Encyclopedia of Brockhaus and Efron[27], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[28], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[29], The Nuttall Encyclopædia[30], Metropolitan Museum of Art Tagging Vocabulary[31], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[32]
- Topic has template: Template:Hebrew language[33]
- Stack Exchange tag: https://linguistics.stackexchange.com/tags/hebrew[34], https://judaism.stackexchange.com/tags/hebrew[35], https://stackoverflow.com/tags/hebrew[36], https://tex.stackexchange.com/tags/hebrew[37]
- Native label: עברית[38], עברית חדשה[39]
- NCI Thesaurus ID: C153945[40]
- Short name: ivritcə[41], ибрӣ[42], еврей[43]
- UNESCO language status: 1 safe[44]
- History of topic: history of the Hebrew language[45]
Why It Matters
Hebrew has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[46] Hebrew is known by 65 alternative names across languages and contexts.[47]
Hebrew has been cited as an influence by English[48], a natural language[49], in American Samoa[50]; Llanito[51], a dialect[52], in Gibraltar[53]; and Bargoens[54], a cant[55], in Netherlands[56].
FAQs
Who did Hebrew influence?
Hebrew has been cited as an influence by English[48], Llanito[51], and Bargoens[54].