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THE LINGUISTICS STUDENT’S HANDBOOK 274
Language name Hebrew �hi�bru�
Language name Hawaiian hə�waiən
Autonym (if known and different)
Autonym (if known and different)
Language family Afro-Asiatic Semitic
Language family Austronesian Polynesian
Spoken in Israel
Spoken in Hawaii (USA)
Approximate number of speakers 3m
Approximate number of speakers 15k
Writing system Hebrew
Writing system Roman
Phonetics/phonology
Phonetics/phonology
Stress word-final
Stress quantity-based, else word-penultimate
Contains following rare uvular
consonant (types)
Said to have how many vowels? 5
Contains following rare
consonant (types)
Said to have how many vowels? 5
Marked vowel types
Marked vowel types
Tone none
Tone none
Rhythm no information
Rhythm no information
Vowel harmony none
Vowel harmony none
Morphology fusional stem-based
Morphology isolating and word-based
agglutinative
Particular formation types prefix; root-and-pattern; partial suffixed reduplication;
suffix
Particular formation types prefix; partial prefixed, partial suffixed and full
reduplication; suffix
Syntax
Word order SVO NA prepositions
NPoss
Syntax
Word order VSO NA prepositions
PossN
Particular syntactic phenomena gender; dual; case-marked prepositions
Points of interest pronouns as suffixes on prepositions; the best-known case
of successful language revival, Hebrew survived as a
liturgical language for 1,700 years before being revived as a
national language
Particular syntactic phenomena inclusive / exclusive 1st plural; dual
Points of interest
Sources Campbell (1991), Elbert (1970), Maddieson (1984)
Sources Berman (2003), Campbell (1991), Glinert (1989),
Gordon (2002), Maddieson (1984)