What was the original language of Jews and why?

Answer 1

The original language of the Hebrew people was Hebrew. This was related to Canaanite, Moabite and Aramaic. This reflected the regional origin of the Hebrews, who were later to become known as Jews. Following the establishment of the Persian Empire, Aramaic became the language common to the entire Near East. Aramaic was adopted by the Hebrews and remained the language of the Jews well into the post-biblical era.

Answer 2

Hebrew: the language of the Torah and of Jewish prayers to this day.

Answer 3

Hebrew is the official language of the Jewish religion, however the prophet Abraham was originally from the area now known as Turkey before God gave Abraham Israel and named Isaac his heir.

Answer 4

Ancient Hebrew is the original Jewish language. After the Babylonian captivity, most Jews spoke Aramaic (a very similar lanuguage, as close to Hebrew as French is to Italian). Post-biblical Hebrew, used mostly by rabbinic scholars, contains many loan words from Latin and Greek. Jews living in Greece, Germany and Spain developed Jewish dialects of the local languages (notably Yiddish in the Rhineland and Ladino in Spain). Modern Hebrew is largely a 20th century development, based on biblical and post-biblical Hebrew with lots of modern loan words.