Alternate Names: Israeli, Ivrit
Dialects: Oriental Hebrew (Arabized Hebrew, Yemenite Hebrew), Standard Hebrew (Europeanized Hebrew, General Israeli). An amalgamation of different Hebrew strata plus intrinsic linguistic evolution; not a direct offspring from Biblical or other varieties of Ancient Hebrew.
Genealogy:
Demographics: 4,850,000 in Israel (1998). Spoken by all Israelis as L1 or L2. Some who use it as L1 now in Israel learned it as L2 originally. Population total all countries: 5,302,770.
Language Development: Fully developed. Bible: 1599–1877.
Typology: SVO.
Spoken In: Israel
Writing System: Braille, Hebrew
Nation of Origin: Israel
Other Comments: Jewish.