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| | Hebrew language: hebrew language, biblical hebrew language (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06) |
 | | The formal language of the Babylonian Empire was Aramaic (its name is either derived from "Aram Naharayim", Upper Mesopotamia, or from "Aram," the ancient name for Syria). |
 | | While many saw his work as fanciful or even blasphemous, many soon understood the need for a common language amongst Jews of pre-state Israel who at the turn of the 19th century were arriving in large numbers from diverse countries with many different languages. |
 | | Modern Hebrew shows influences from Russian (for example, the Russian suffix -acia is used in nouns where English has the suffix -ation); German (particularly in combination words like "tapuakh-adama," meaning potato (German Erdapfel, earth-apple), "iton" (German Zeitung, news-ity, news-paper) or "dme-shtia," meaning tip (German Trinkgeld, drink-money). |
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