Hebrew
עִבְרִית <span title="Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Language/data/ISO 639 override' not found. transliteration" class="Unicode" style="white-space:normal; text-decoration: none">ʿIvrit
Pronunciation	[(ʔ)ivˈʁit] - [(ʔ)ivˈɾit]
Native to	Israel, Jewish communities in Judea and Samaria; used globally as a liturgical language for Judaism
Native speakers	5.3 million  (1998)
Language family	Afro-Asiatic Semitic West Semitic Central Semitic Northwest Semitic Canaanite Hebrew
Writing system	Hebrew alphabet Hebrew Braille
Official status
Official language in	Israel
Recognised minority language in	Poland  South Africa
Language codes
ISO 639-1	he
ISO 639-2	heb
ISO 639-3	Either: heb – Modern Hebrew hbo – Ancient Hebrew
Linguasphere	12-AAB-a

"Israel" written in the Hebrew alphabet.

Hebrew is the language of Jewish people around the world, an official language of Israel and n linguistics a Semitic language.

Many Jewish people speak English and also speak Hebrew, as Hebrew is part of Judaism. It was first spoken in Israel.