Seriously?
2006-08-10 11:49:15 · 7 answers · asked by a.liya 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
Similar roots, so, naturally the modern versions will have similarities.
Those who speak Spanish, Italian, French or any of romance languages can clearly see the similarities to their roots in ancient Latin.
If it weren't for world wide mass communication, we would eventually see a wider rift between British English and American English.
2006-08-10 12:02:15 · answer #1 · answered by Vince M 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
this is because modern hebrew did not exist 65 years ago. it was invented by eliazar ben yehuda. he began with a basis of all the words in the torah but that was not enough. many words had to be adapted from other languages or even made up. also since israel is a melting pot of jews from all over the world many languages get mixed. lastly, arabic is the language of the surrounding countries and since hebrew is still a language that is forming many words get mixed in.
2006-08-10 12:02:58 · answer #2 · answered by larry j 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
NO IT'S NOT!!! I couldn't learn Arabic for my life, because it's SO DAMN DIFFERENT TO HEBREW!!! It just simply is NOT close to it! Whether we are both in the Middle East or not!
2006-08-11 04:33:40 · answer #3 · answered by וואלה 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Both Arabs and Jews are Semitic people, and for along time, a long time ago, occupied the same landscape.
2006-08-10 11:56:12 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
its actually not. hebrew is differant from arabic as arabic has many dialects with some sounding simular but are not. centries ago it was hebrew, greek and aramic.
2006-08-10 12:04:31 · answer #5 · answered by hollywood71@verizon.net 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
How close is Isreal to Arabia?
2006-08-10 14:31:58 · answer #6 · answered by lil_frosty93654 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
they are of the same origin. Samian languages.
2006-08-10 11:57:00 · answer #7 · answered by Lazlouz 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋