The following is the entry for this language as it appeared in the 14th edition (2000).
It was superseded by the corresponding entry in the 15th edition (2005). See also the corresponding entry in the current edition of Ethnologue.
| Population | 4,847,000 in Israel (1998) or 81% of the population (1995). Population total all countries 5,150,000. |
| Region | Also spoken in Australia, Canada, Germany, Palestinian West Bank and Gaza, Panama, United Kingdom, USA. |
| Alternate names | IVRIT |
| Dialects | STANDARD HEBREW (GENERAL ISRAELI, EUROPEANIZED HEBREW), ORIENTAL HEBREW (ARABIZED HEBREW, YEMENITE HEBREW). |
| Classification | Afro-Asiatic, Semitic, Central, South, Canaanite. |
| Comments | Not a direct offspring from Biblical or other varieties of Ancient Hebrew, but an amalgamation of different Hebrew strata plus intrinsic evolution within the living speech. Some who use it as primary language now in Israel, learned it as their second language originally. Spoken by all Israelis as first or second language. There is a Hebrew Language Academy. National language. Dictionary. Grammar. SVO. Jewish. Bible 1599-1877. |
