Question by Swimmer: There’s a country called Israel, why do some people call Hebrew a dead language?
I’m not Jewish. I’m a Christian fluent in Hebrew.
I’ve traveled to Israel. It’s an entire country where people speak Hebrew.
There are entire TV networks in Hebrew. Radio stations in Hebrew. There are street signs, ads, menus, libraries with books, all of them in HEBREW.
There are millions of web sites and YouTube videos in Hebrew.
Here in America, whenever I say I speak Hebrew, people say: “Why are you wasting time with a dead language?”
It’s an entire country of people who speak the language.
How can anyone call Hebrew a dead language?
Best answer:
Answer by Lord Ugh of the Dwarven Peeps
Some people are ignorant (intentionally or unintentionally), others intend to be insulting.
Perhaps to those people, since they don’t think it has any effect on their lives, it has never been “alive”.
Add your own answer in the comments!
