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The original Hebrew died out as a spoken language. Modern Hebrew is a restoration of Ancient Hebrew with many differences to the older form.
 
The original Hebrew died out as a spoken language. Modern Hebrew is a restoration of Ancient Hebrew with many differences to the older form.
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Ancient Hebrew grammar distinguished dual, trial, quadruple and quintuple numbers as well as the more common singular and plural forms. This made the language hard for many people to learn. Modern Hebrew has simplified this system greatly. Both forms of Hebrew share the complete lack of sonorants within their phonology. This restriction probably arose for articulatory reasons.
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Ancient Hebrew has been claimed to have a [[recursive]] grammar, unlike the famous case of [[Piraha]]. Many linguists dispute this claim, however, and it has been shown to be conclusively false for modern Hebrew, which has a completely [[non-recursive]] grammar.
      
== References ==
 
== References ==
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