What is Modern Hebrew?
{{Infobox language | name = Hebrew | nativename = {{lang|he|עִבְרִית}}'' {{transl|he|ʿIvrit}}'' | pronunciation = {{IPA|[(ʔ)ivˈʁit]}} - {{IPA|[(ʔ)ivˈɾit]}}{{#tag:ref|Standard Israeli ([[Sephardi Hebrew|Sephardi]]) {{IPA|[ʕivˈɾit]}}; Iraqi {{IPA|[ʕibˈriːθ]}}; [[Yemenite Hebrew|Yemenite]] {{IPA|[ʕivˈriːθ]}}; [[Ashkenazi Hebrew language|Ashkenazi]] {{IPA|[ˈivʀis]}}}} | states = Israel, Jewish communities in Judea and Samaria;<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/fields/2098.html?countryName=&countryCode=&regionCode=o |title=CIA's World Fact Book |access-date=2013-03-04 |archive-date=2014-07-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140708235858/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/fields/2098.html?countryName=&countryCode=&regionCode=o |url-status=dead }}</ref> used globally as a [[liturgical language]] for [[Judaism]] | speakers = 5.3 million <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ethnologue.org.uk/show_language.asp?code=heb |title=Hebrew language report |author= |publisher=Ethnologue |accessdate=19 November 2012 |archive-date=22 December 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121222024722/http://www.ethnologue.org.uk/show_language.asp?code=heb |url-status=dead }}</ref> | date = 1998 | familycolor = Afro-Asiatic | fam2 = [[Semitic languages|Semitic]] | fam3 = [[West Semitic languages|West Semitic]] | fam4 = [[Central Semitic languages|Central Semitic]] | fam5 = [[Northwest Semitic languages|Northwest Semitic]] | fam6 = [[Canaanite languages|Canaanite]] | script = [[Hebrew alphabet]]<br>[[Hebrew Braille]] | nation = {{flag|Israel}} | iso1 = he | iso2 = heb | lc1 = heb | ld1 = Modern Hebrew | lc2 = hbo | ld2 = [[Biblical Hebrew language|Ancient Hebrew]] | lingua = 12-AAB-a }} '''Modern Hebrew''' ({{lang-he|עברית חדשה}}) is the s