Language details — Israel

This table lists languages spoken in Israel, including official, working, regional, and minority languages.

Percentages and speaker counts may be unavailable for some languages due to census and reporting limitations.

Language details

11 languages
Language Statuses Language presence
Hebrew
Official Working
100% · ≈ 9.6 m
English
No special status 85% · ≈ 8.2 m
Arabic
Official Working
20% · ≈ 1.9 m
Levantine Arabic
No special status 17% · ≈ 1.6 m
Russian
National Minority
11% · ≈ 1.1 m
Romanian
No special status 3.7% · ≈ 357 k
Yiddish
National
3% · ≈ 289 k
Polish
No special status 1.5% · ≈ 145 k
Ladino
No special status 1.3% · ≈ 125 k
Hungarian
No special status 1% · ≈ 96 k
Amharic
National Minority
Data compiled from national censuses and international linguistic datasets.
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