Say Hello in the Hebrew Language

Ivrit

English:	Hello	My name is
Hebrew:	Shalom	Shmee
Pronunciation:	Sha-LOHM	ShMEE
Hebrew Script:

Did You Know You Were Speaking Hebrew?

Words in English from the Hebrew language:

Hebrew Alphabet

• Hebrew Letters and Consonants
• Hebrew Alphabet
• Hebrew-English Transliteration Alphabet
• Writing the Hebrew Alphabet

Learning Hebrew

• Online Hebrew Tutorial
• Hebrew for Travelers
• Ukinda: Learn to Read Hebrew
• Basic Hebrew
• Hevenu Shalom Aleikhem: Lessons
• Hebrew Tongue Twisters
• Hebrew for Me Requires Java-enabled browser.
• University of Texas at Austin: Hebrew Language
• Biblia Hebraica: Biblical Hebrew
• Voyager Audio Greeting in Hebrew
• Hebrew Glossary in Pictures
• My Hebrew Dictionary
• Hebrew Language Resources
• About.Com: Guide to Hebrew

Hebrew Culture

• Introduction to the Hebrew Language
• Ethnologue: Hebrew Language Speakers
• The Chosen Language of a Chosen People
• Facts about Israel
• U.S. State Department Background Notes on Israel and the Middle East
• Country Study: Israel
• CIA World Factbook: Israel

Who Can You Talk To?

Most of the 4.5 million Jews in Isreal speak Hebrew.¹ 200,000 or so people in the United States speak Hebrew.² Now you can say hello to all of them (and probably many more)!

¹ "Hebrew language." Infoplease.com. The Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia, 6th ed. 2006. .

² United States Census 2000 PHC-T-37. Ability to Speak English by Language Spoken at Home: 2000. Table 1a.

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