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RT by @mikenov: Hebrew is the only language in human history that was fully revived from a liturgical “dead” language into the everyday native tongue of millions. In 1881, Eliezer Ben-Yehuda arrived in Ottoman Jerusalem determined to make Hebrew spoken again. He and his wife created the first modern Hebrew-speaking household. Their son, Itamar Ben-Avi, became the first native speaker of modern Hebrew in centuries. Ben-Yehuda also built a massive dictionary and coined hundreds of new words for modern life. By 1922 the British Mandate recognized Hebrew as an official language. Today more than 9 million people speak it daily. Eliezer Ben-Yehuda

Hebrew is the only language in human history that was fully revived from a liturgical “dead” language into the everyday native tongue of millions.

In 1881, Eliezer Ben-Yehuda arrived in Ottoman Jerusalem determined to make Hebrew spoken again. He and his wife created the first modern Hebrew-speaking household. Their son, Itamar Ben-Avi, became the first native speaker of modern Hebrew in centuries. Ben-Yehuda also built a massive dictionary and coined hundreds of new words for modern life.

By 1922 the British Mandate recognized Hebrew as an official language.

Today more than 9 million people speak it daily.

Eliezer Ben-Yehuda