زبان عبری

Hebrew is a natural, modern language belonging to the Canaanite and Jewish language subclasses. It is a subject–verb–object, fusional, and pro-drop language. The language is indigenous to the Israelites and Israel. It is named after the Hebrews. Its inception dates to 1500 BCE. The native label is עברית or עברית חדשה.

The language is spoken in Israel. The Academy of the Hebrew Language serves as its regulatory body. Hebrew uses the Hebrew alphabet for writing. It is studied through the study of the Hebrew language. The language has a Wikimedia language code of he. It appears on the focus lists for Wikipedia articles that all languages should have and vital articles.

The language is described by sources including the Jewish Encyclopedia of Brockhaus and Efron, the Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, The Nuttall Encyclopædia, and the Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition. There are 9,303,950 speakers, writers, or signers. It is referenced by 32,524 other encyclopedia articles.