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What Language Do They Speak in Israel?
The official languages of Israel are Hebrew and Arabic. In total about 24 living languages are spoken there, the most common being Hebrew (100%), English (85%) and Arabic (20%).
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Endangered languages
All languages of Israel (24)
| Language | Speakers here | Family | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hebrew | 9,402,620 · 100% | Afro-Asiatic | Official |
| English | 7,992,227 · 85% | Indo-European | Safe |
| Arabic | 1,880,524 · 20% | Afro-Asiatic | Official |
| Levantine Arabic | 1,598,445 · 17% | Afro-Asiatic | Safe |
| Eastern Yiddish | 1,500,000 · 16% | Indo-European | Safe |
| Russian | 1,034,288 · 11% | Indo-European | Safe |
| Romanian | 347,896 · 4% | Indo-European | Safe |
| Yiddish | 282,078 · 3% | Indo-European | — |
| Polish | 141,039 · 2% | Indo-European | Safe |
| Ladino | 122,234 · 1% | Indo-European | Safe |
| Bukharic | 110,000 · 1% | Indo-European | Safe |
| Judeo-Iraqi Arabic | 97,000 · 1% | Afro-Asiatic | Safe |
| Hungarian | 94,026 · 1% | Uralic | Safe |
| Judeo-Georgian | 59,800 · 0.64% | — | — |
| Amharic | 55,475 · 0.59% | Afro-Asiatic | Safe |
| Judeo-Tripolitanian Arabic | 30,000 · 0.32% | Afro-Asiatic | Threatened |
| Tigrinya | 10,342 · 0.11% | Afro-Asiatic | Safe |
| Malayalam | 7,992 · 0.09% | Dravidian | Safe |
| Lishanid Noshan | 3,500 · 0.04% | Afro-Asiatic | Moribund |
| Lishana Deni | 1,600 · 0.02% | Afro-Asiatic | Vulnerable |
| Barzani Jewish Neo-Aramaic | 20 · 0% | Afro-Asiatic | Nearly extinct |
| Judeo-Yemeni Arabic | — | Afro-Asiatic | Threatened |
| Hulaulá | — | Afro-Asiatic | Vulnerable |
| Lishán Didán | — | Afro-Asiatic | Vulnerable |
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Frequently asked questions
What language do they speak in Israel?
The official languages of Israel are Hebrew and Arabic. In total about 24 living languages are spoken there, the most common being Hebrew (100%), English (85%) and Arabic (20%).
What is the official language of Israel?
Hebrew and Arabic.
Is English spoken in Israel?
About 85% of people in Israel speak English (8.0 million).
How many languages are spoken in Israel?
About 24 living languages — #64 in the world for linguistic diversity. 4 of them are endangered.
Data: Languages of the World dataset (MIT) — ISO 639-3, Glottolog (CC BY 4.0), Unicode CLDR, Google LinguaMeta (CC BY 4.0) and Wikidata; country lists: samayo/country-json (MIT).