Languages of Israel

30 languages of the index are spoken in Israel; 1 has official status (Hebrew). The country has about 9.8 m inhabitants (2023).

30 languages17 endangered or dormantAsiaISO IL / ISR

Official languages

hebHebrewAfroasiatic · 9.3 m1 · National

All languages spoken in Israel

Language	ISO	Family	Countries	Speakers	Vitality
engEnglish	`eng`	Indo-European	+93	1.13 bn	0 · International
araArabicاللُّغَة العَرَبِيّة	`ara`	Afroasiatic	+36	315.4 m	Safe
apcLevantine Arabic	`apc`	Afroasiatic	+3	44 m
amhAmharicአማርኛ	`amh`	Afroasiatic	+2	25 m	1 · National
ajpSouth Levantine Arabic	`ajp`	Afroasiatic		11.6 m	3 · Wider Communication
hebHebrewעברית	`heb`	Afroasiatic		9.3 m	1 · National
hyeArmenianհայերեն	`hye`	Indo-European	+20	6.7 m	1 · National
yidYiddishיידיש	`yid`	Indo-European	+26	1 m	Definitely endangered
ladJudaeo-SpanishLingua djudeo-espanyola	`lad`	Indo-European		137,000	7 · Shifting
jdtJudeo-Tat	`jdt`	Indo-European	+3	106,000	6b · Threatened
jgeJudaeo-Georgian	`jge`	Kartvelian		85,000	6a · Vigorous
bhhBukharian	`bhh`	—	+2	60,000	7 · Shifting
jprJudeo-Persian	`jpr`	Indo-European	+4	60,000	7 · Shifting
jyeJudeo-Yemeni Arabic	`jye`	Afroasiatic		50,300	8a · Moribund
huyHulaulá	`huy`	—		10,000	8a · Moribund
trgLishán Didán	`trg`	—		4,378	8a · Moribund
jbeJudeo-Berber	`jbe`	Afroasiatic		2,000	8a · Moribund
tttTat	`ttt`	Indo-European	+1		6b · Threatened
hebModern Hebrew	`heb`	Afroasiatic
yejYevanic	`yej`	—			8b · Nearly Extinct
smpSamaritan Hebrewעברית שומרונית‬	`smp`	Afroasiatic			9 · Second language only
samSamaritan Aramaic	`sam`	—			9 · Second language only
ajuJudeo-Moroccan	`aju`	Afroasiatic			7 · Shifting
tmrJewish Babylonian Aramaic	`tmr`	—			9 · Second language only
avlBedawi Arabic	`avl`	Afroasiatic	+2		6a · Vigorous
yudJudeo-Tripolitanian Arabic	`yud`	Afroasiatic			7 · Shifting
yhdJudeo-Iraqi Arabic	`yhd`	Afroasiatic			7 · Shifting
isrIsraeli Sign Language	`isr`	—			5 · Developing
bjfBarzani Jewish Neo-Aramaic	`bjf`	—			8b · Nearly Extinct
syyAl-Sayyid Bedouin Sign Language	`syy`	—			6a · Vigorous

30 languages · click a column to sort · source: Wikidata