<Table> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> This article contains Hebrew text . Without proper rendering support, you may see question marks, boxes, or other symbols instead of Hebrew letters . </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> This article contains Hebrew text . Without proper rendering support, you may see question marks, boxes, or other symbols instead of Hebrew letters . </Td> </Tr> <P> Hebrew (/ ˈhiːbruː /; עִבְרִית, Ivrit (ivˈʁit) (listen) or (ʕivˈɾit) (listen)) is a Northwest Semitic language native to Israel, spoken by over 9 million people worldwide . Historically, it is regarded as the language of the Israelites and their ancestors, although the language was not referred to by the name Hebrew in the Tanakh . The earliest examples of written Paleo - Hebrew date from the 10th century BCE . Hebrew belongs to the West Semitic branch of the Afroasiatic language family . Hebrew is the only living Canaanite language left, and the only truly successful example of a revived dead language . </P> <P> Hebrew had ceased to be an everyday spoken language somewhere between 200 and 400 CE, declining since the aftermath of the Bar Kokhba revolt . Aramaic and to a lesser extent Greek were already in use as international languages, especially among elites and immigrants . It survived into the medieval period as the language of Jewish liturgy, rabbinic literature, intra-Jewish commerce, and poetry . Then, in the 19th century, it was revived as a spoken and literary language . It became the lingua franca of Palestine's Jews, and subsequently of the State of Israel . According to Ethnologue, in 1998, it was the language of 5 million people worldwide . After Israel, the United States has the second largest Hebrew - speaking population, with 220,000 fluent speakers, mostly from Israel . </P>

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