What is Hebrew language?
{{Infobox language | name = Hebrew | nativename = {{Script/Hebrew|עִבְרִית}}, {{transl|he|Ivrit}} | pronunciation = [[Modern Hebrew|Modern]]: {{IPA|{{nowrap|[ivˈʁit]}}}}{{refn|group=note|[[Sephardi Hebrew|Sephardi]]: {{IPA|{{nowrap|[ʕivˈɾit]}}}}; [[Judeo-Iraqi Arabic|Iraqi]]: {{IPA|{{nowrap|[ʕibˈriːθ]}}}}; [[Yemenite Hebrew|Yemenite]]: {{IPA|{{nowrap|[ʕivˈriːθ]}}}}; [[Ashkenazi Hebrew language|Ashkenazi]]: {{IPA|{{nowrap|[ivˈʀis]}}}} or {{IPA|{{nowrap|[ivˈris]}}}}, strict pronunciation {{IPA|{{nowrap|[ʔivˈris]}}}} or {{IPA|{{nowrap|[ʔivˈʀis]}}}}.}}<br/>[[Tiberian vocalization|Tiberian]]: {{IPA|{{nowrap|[ʕivˈriθ]}}}}<br/>[[Biblical Hebrew|Biblical]]: {{IPA|{{nowrap|[ʕibˈrit]}}}} | states = [[Israel]] | region = [[Southern Levant]] | speakers = 20 million{{cn|date=September 2021}} | extinct = [[Mishnaic Hebrew]] extinct as a [[first language|spoken language]] by the 5th century CE, surviving as a [[liturgical language]] along with [[Biblical Hebrew]] for [[Judaism]]<ref name=ASB>Sáenz-Badillos (1993)</ref><ref>H. S. Nyberg 1952. ''Hebreisk Grammatik''. s. 2. Reprinted in Sweden by Universitetstryckeriet, Uppsala, 2006.</ref> | revived = [[Revival of the Hebrew language|Revived in the late 19th century CE]]. {{sigfig|9|1}} million speakers of [[Modern Hebrew]], of which 5 million are native speakers and 3.3 million are second language speakers (2018)<ref name=eth>{{Cite web | url=https://www.ethnologue.com/language/heb | title=Hebrew | website=Ethnologue | access-date=4 April 2018 | archive-date=14 May 2020 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200514202425/https://www.ethnologue.com/language/heb | url-status=live }}</ref> | ref = e19 | familycolor = Afro-Asiatic | fam2 = [[Semitic languages|Semitic]] | fam3 = [[West Semitic languages|West]] | fam4 = [[Central Semitic languages|Central]] | fam5 = [[Northwest Semitic languages|Northwest]] | fam6 = [[Canaanite languages