No.367
I want to study a semitic language because of their uniqueness, but I can't decide between Arabic and Hebrew. Arabic is more widely used, but Hebrew seems easier to read, write, and speak and has the added bonus of being the only dead language to ever be revived. what does /lang/ think?
No.368
Personally I find Arabic much more interesting and it's also more useful for obvious reasons.
I also kind of think that these "which language should I learn" questions can't really be answered because reasons to learn a language are mostly personal. But yeah, I vote Arabic
more non translated stuff as Israelis probably mostly speak English
No.370
LAs an Israeli, while I would be honored that you would choose my language, I think you should learn Arabic.
Not really because Hebrew is shit, but more because semetic languages are quite hard for a new learner so I think you should go for the more practical language first.
No.372
I'm interested in this, what sources are you going to use for studying?
No.380
>>372I was considering going with one of the first results on Google. I don't have a lot of money to spare. I'm studying different languages because I plan to make my own.
No.389
may mercy be upon your soul.
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No.417
Just wanted to pop in to say that Hebrew is a great language. I do not speak it, but I enjoy it nevertheless.
No.597
Well, Arabic is not a unified language. Some dialects aren't even mutually intelligible.
Be prepared to learn a dialect of your choosing and some MSA. Because no one really speaks MSA.
Most people recommend learning the Egyptian dialect because it's the most spoken. Additionally Egypt is the heart of the Arabic film making industry, so sometimes people can understand it because of watching Egyptian movies.
No.605
Arabic looks much cooler, in my humble opinion. Plus it will come in handy if you plan to visit Europe in the near future.
No.617
>>367Just a bit of info :
As others have said, Arabic isn't just one language. Unless you're talking Classical Arabic, but that prolly won't help you bargain with ISIS.
A little known fact about Hebrew is that it WAS a dead language : like christians with latin, jews only used it in religious ceremonies until zionists, deciding that a united people needed a united language, endeavoured to teach it as a living language. I am honestly unsure of the differences between the old and the modern Hebrew, but it's, as far as I know, the only language who was ever "brought back from the dead", so to speak.
No.618
>>617On a certain imageboard I was in a thread in which an Israeli talked about the perceived difference between the revived spoken Hebrew and older poems.
Maybe our local Jews can shed some light into this but he compared it to leetspeak and ebonics.
No.649
Go for arabic.
No.687
Learn Hebrew so you can figure out what the JIDF on
>>>/israel/ are saying.
No.694
>Everyone recommending Arabic, even IsraelisDamn.
Just as a heads up: Arabic is difficult. I have never seen a non-native speak it fluently.
Learning how to read is not going to be that difficult, as there are almost no words that have unwritten letters/sounds, like "lasagna" or "rough". You read what you see.
Godspeed, anon.
>>687>Learn Hebrew so you can figure out what the JIDF on >>>/israel/ are saying.10/10 bost
No.695
>>694Why is it that I always get the flag of Romania?
I don't have a VPN or anything.
No.697
>>695Where are you actually from?
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No.701
>>692>>694Am I best shill yet?
No.731
Maybe Aramaic?
No.755
Why not Akkadian?
No.808
>>755Dead. Assyrians switched to Aramaic, Babylonians died out.
And which dialect is superior? Babylonian or Assyrian?
I remember a Jew knowing ancient and modern Hebrew and reading some text in Babylonian and even understanding a lot of it, I think it was Epic of Gilgamesh.
No.818
>>808religous Jews will often know a bit of aramaic since the talmud uses it
No.865
Im a Haredi Jewish. Learn Arabic or Aramaic, modern Hebrew simply is not a Semitic language, its sentence structure and basic grammar is closer to Russian. It should really be thought of as 'Israeli' rather than Hebrew