Hebrew

Afro-Asiatic (Semitic)9 million nativeHebrew

RegionIsrael

FamilyAfro-Asiatic (Semitic)

Speakers9 million native

ScriptHebrew

TypeAbjad

About Hebrew

The only successfully revived dead language. Was not spoken natively for 1,700 years until Eliezer Ben-Yehuda led its revival in the 1880s. Written right-to-left. The language of the Bible and modern Israel. A miracle of linguistic engineering.

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