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ISO 639-3 · hbohbo
Afroasiatic family · extinct or historical language
Biblical Hebrew
עִבְרִית מִקְרָאִית
Biblical Hebrew is an extinct or historical language of the Canaanite branch (Afroasiatic). Wikidata describes it as “archaic form of the Hebrew language”.
At a glance
- ISO 639-3
hbo- Glottocode
anci1244- Family
- Afroasiatic
- EGIDS
- 9 Dormant
- Centre point
- 31.78, 35.17
- Wikipedia
- 52 language editions
—first-language speakers
—second-language speakers
—countries
4scripts
6levels in the tree
9EGIDS level
Facts
| Name | Biblical Hebrew · עִבְרִית מִקְרָאִית |
|---|---|
| Also called | Ancient Hebrew, Classical Hebrew, Ivrit Miqra'it, Leshon ha-Miqra, language of Canaan |
| Written in | Hebrew alphabet, Paleo-Hebrew alphabet, Phoenician script, Samaritan script |
| Grammatical genders | 2 listed in Wikidata |
| Kind | extinct or historical language |
Vitality
EGIDS 9 Dormant9
Dormant or extinct. No fluent first-language speakers remain — EGIDS 9 and 10.
Other languages at this levelfamily tree
From Afroasiatic to Biblical Hebrew
The branches above Biblical Hebrew, top to bottom. Each node counts the languages of this index that belong to it.