Languages of the country
Israel
Official language: Hebrew. Population (CLDR): 9.4 million.
Map of regions
We have not described regional languages for this country yet – the map shows the whole country in the colour of its main language.
Languages and their status
Share: the estimated part of the population that uses the language (also as a second language), according to CLDR.
| Language | Status | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hebrew עברית | Official | 100% |
| English | Widely used | 85% |
|
Arabic
العربية Since 2018 it has a “special status” (it was previously a second official language). |
Widely used | 20% |
| Levantine Arabic | Widely used | 17% |
| Russian русский | Widely used | 11% |
| Romanian română | Minority | 3.7% |
| Polish polski | Minority | 1.5% |
| Hungarian magyar | Minority | 1% |
| Amharic አማርኛ | Minority | 0.6% |
| Tigrinya ትግርኛ | Minority | 0.1% |
| Malayalam മലയാളം | Minority | <0.1% |
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