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JLanguage
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Speaks: English*

 
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01 May 2005 at 11:55pm | IP Logged 
Here is a template for Modern Hebrew. I will begin filling this in, as soon as I have time. Note that I am not a native Hebrew speaker, but have been learning Hebrew for while. Anyone who knows Hebrew, feel free to contribute.

INTRODUCTION
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USEFULNESS
Hebrew is not really useful unless you are planning to live in Israel or are looking to be able to understand Hebrew liturgy. It must be noted that Biblical and Mishnaic are not fully mutually intellgible with Modern Hebrew. Because there are so many immigrants living in Israel, Israelis are quite forgiving of less-than-fluent Hebrew
       
CHIC FACTOR      
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ECONOMIC IMPORTANCE
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TRAVEL OPPORTUNITIES
Israel is a great place to travel and although you can get by most places with English, Hebrew is most helpful for touring. There are many excellent archaeological sites as well as great beaches. (Need someone to continue.)

COUNTRIES
Is the language of Israel, although mostly Arabic is spoken in the Palestinian territories. Also spoken by Israeli expatriates living in the US and Europe.

SPEAKERS
Over 5 million native speakers.

VARIATIONS
There is really only one dialect, although a more semitic pronunciation is spoken by some Israelis and Arabic speakers of Hebrew. Of note is the aspirated h, and guttural Ayin, which are no longer employed by most Israelis.

CULTURE
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DIFFICULTIES
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GRAMMAR
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PRONUNCIATION
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VOCABULARY
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TRANSPARENCY
If you already know Arabic, Hebrew should be pretty easy, since the grammar is similar and the two languages do share some vocabulary. English speakers will find that there are quite a few words, especially nouns, taken directly from English. However, these words are generally more technical in nature; most basic vocabulary is different.

SPELLING
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TIME NEEDED
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BOOKS
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SCHOOLS
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LINKS
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Edited by JLanguage on 05 July 2005 at 12:10pm

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vista
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Speaks: English*, Portuguese, Spanish, French
Studies: Modern Hebrew, Arabic (Written), Mandarin, Basque

 
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22 August 2007 at 9:31am | IP Logged 
It's a good start but you didn't mention anything about the system of three letter roots. The roots make Hebrew easier to learn because a particular root goes to maybe 20 or 30 verbs and lots of nouns besides that. This should probably be described under the category of grammar. Another important thing that is not mentioned is the absence of tenses in Hebrew, or at least tenses as most Westerners think of them. There are only binyanim, which are a little different.
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