Native Name: עִבְרִית, Ivrit
Number of Speakers: 9 million
Official language of: Israel
Script used: Hebrew (Right to Left)
Sample of Hebrew
Hebrew Translation, Typesetting, Websites, Voice-Overs and Subtitles
Adelphi Translations Ltd. work translating Hebrew to English and English to Hebrew. We also produce voice recordings and subtitles for video in Hebrew as well as translation and localisation of web sites into Hebrew. We are based in Sheffield, UK and handle language projects for local clients in commercial centres such as Leeds, Manchester, Birmingham, Glasgow and London but also have many International clients from around the world.
Hebrew translation and typesetting example by Adelphi Translations
Hebre Language information
Hebrew is a Semitic language of the Afro-Asiatic language family. Culturally, it is considered the Jewish language. It is the only major script, other than Arabic, which is written right-to-left and the alphabet has only consonants, no vowels. When necessary, vowels are indicated by diacritic marks above or below the letter. The Hebrew Bible (The Old Testament) was written in Hebrew. The oldest example of Hebrew writing is over 3,000 years old and was found on a pottery fragment south of Jerusalem.
Hebrew fell out of use as an everyday spoken language and was replaced by Aramaic about 2,500 years ago. Hebrew continued to be used as a liturgical language since then and was revived as a spoken language in the early 20th century and became the official language of the B ritish Mandate of Palestine in 1922. Many of the earliest speakers of modern Hebrew had Yiddish as their mother tongue.
