In 1948, were there any native Hebrew speakers in the world?

by Vladith
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The revival of Hebrew had begun in the late 19th century and was already in full swing by 1948. So yes. Itamar Ben-Avi, born in 1882, son of Eliezer Ben-Yehuda, the man who supposedly began the revival, was the first native speaker in many centuries.

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Here is the native language census for Warsaw in 1931. Hebrew is hebrajski or l'hebreu.

m is for male

k is for female