Hebrew Language

Northwest Semitic language of about 9 million speakers; revived as a spoken language in the late 19th century, now Israel's main language.

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Modern Hebrew had about 9 million speakers in 2018, of whom 5 million are native speakers.
It was revived as a spoken language in the late 19th century, led by Eliezer Ben-Yehuda.
Mishnaic Hebrew became extinct as a spoken language by the 5th century CE but survived as a liturgical language of Judaism.