Hebrew
Semitic language of the Afro-Asiatic language family. Hebrew in its modern form is spoken by more than seven million people in Israel.
Written in Hebrew script.
Additions to the element names: ² = alternative form † = form no longer in use.
N.B. Because of the use of UTF8-encoding, accented letters (È, á, ô, etc.) are not alphabetized in the correct way.
Source:
Israel Science and Technology Homepage: List of Periodic Table Elements. (accessed 17 April 2000).
Thanks to Israel Hanukoglu and "Jef the Hyperpurist" for providing me with the url of this site.
N.B. In transliteration non-indicated vowels are added in analogy to the international name.
UTF-8 encoding 30 November 2002.
Additions from Wikipedia (Jan. 2010).
