Hebrew has diacritics that can be used to express short vowel sounds, but rarely uses them in normal text. For more variants see phonology_notes.įinal -h is rarely pronounced in modern Hebrew. X is sometimes described as χ, and ʁ as r. Younger speakers also tend to make all consonants in a cluster voiced or unvoiced, depending of the last consonant, eg.įor more details, see: Wikipedia. In this document we use the left-hand side of each of these pairings. In particular, there are alternative pronunciations for x~ ħ, ʁ~ r, ʔ~ ʕ. Age is often a factor in individual pronunciation. Oriental Hebrew was chosen as the preferred accent for Israel by the Academy of the Hebrew Language, but has since declined in popularity. There are still variations in pronunciation, but two main types predominate today: Oriental and Occidental. Modern Israeli Hebrew was born from speakers who brought their own accents and pronunciations from different parts of the world.
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Phones in a lighter colour are non-native or allophones. Character indexĬlick on the sounds to reveal locations in this document where they are mentioned.
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Modern Hebrew uses both European digits, and ASCII punctuation marks. In vowelled text, there is a diacritic to indicate the absence of a vowel in consonant clusters. Vowel locations can be marked by 4 matres lectionis (consonants indicating vowel locations), which also take diacritics in vowelled text. The script hides short vowels, however these and other phonetic information can be written where needed for clarifying ambiguity or educational purposes using diacritics (points). Additional sounds can be represented using dagesh, shin/sin dots, or geresh.
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The Modern Israeli Hebrew alphabet has 22 letters, plus 5 word-final letters that have their own code points. Hebrew text runs right-to-left in horizontal lines, but numbers and embedded Latin text are read left-to-right. See the table to the right for a brief overview of features for the modern Hebrew orthography. This approach is helped by the strong emphasis on consonant patterns in Semitic languages. This means that in normal use the script represents only consonants. It is generally referred to as the Ashuri (Assyrian) script, although there are a few alternate writing styles. The current script, known as 'square', or 'block' script, derives from Aramaic writing.
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אָלֶף־בֵּית עִבְרִי alefbet ivri Hebrew alphabetīefore the Jewish exile in Babylon, Hebrew was written using a Paleo-Hebrew script that resembles the Samaritan alphabet. It is also used for a number of other languages, including Samaritan, Yiddish, and Judeo-Arabic. It is the script used for Jewish sacred texts. The Hebrew script is widely used by the Jewish community and is used to write modern Hebrew in Israel.