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For more detail consult the Ethnologue entry for Israel.
Languages that are mainly used in this country: (21)
| ISO Code | Name | Alternate Names |
|---|---|---|
| syy | Al-Sayyid Bedouin Sign Language | ABSL, Bedouin Sign Language |
| ajs | Algerian Jewish Sign Language | AJSL, Ghardaia Sign Language |
| yhd | Arabic, Judeo-Iraqi | Iraqi Judeo-Arabic, Jewish Iraqi-Baghdadi Arabic, Judeo-Iraqi Arabic, Yahudic |
| yud | Arabic, Judeo-Tripolitanian | Jewish Tripolitanian-Libyan Arabic, Judeo-Tripolitanian Arabic, Tripolitanian Judeo-Arabic, Tripolita’it, Yudi |
| jye | Arabic, Judeo-Yemeni | Judeo-Yemeni, Judeo-Yemeni Arabic, Yemenite, Yemenite Judeo-Arabic, Yeminite |
| bjf | Barzani-Sandu Jewish Neo-Aramaic | Barzani Jewish Neo-Aramaic, Central Jewish Neo-Aramaic, Lishan Didan, Lishan Dideni |
| bhh | Bukharic | Bokharan, Bokharian, Bokharic, Bukharan, Bukharian, Bukharin, Judeo-Tajik |
| heb | Hebrew | Contemporary Hebrew, Israeli, Israeli Hebrew, Modern Hebrew |
| hbo | Hebrew, Ancient | Ancient Hebrew, Old Hebrew |
| huy | Hulaulá | Jabali, Lishana Akhni, Lishana Noshan |
| aij | Inter-Zab Jewish Neo-Aramaic | Galigalu, Hulani, Hula’ula, Jbeli, Kurdit, Lishana Didán, Lishanid Noshan, Sureth |
| isr | Israeli Sign Language | ISL |
| tmr | Jewish Babylonian Aramaic | Babylonian Talmudic Aramaic, Jewish Babylonian Aramaic (ca. 200-1200 CE) |
| jrb | Judeo-Arabic | Arabic, Judeo-Moroccan, il‘arabiyya dyalna |
| jbe | Judeo-Berber | Jewish Amazigh, Judeo-Amazigh, Judeo-Shilha, Judeo-Tamazight |
| jpr | Judeo-Persian | Djudi, Judeo-Isfahani, Judeo-Median, Judi |
| sqx | Kufr Qassem Sign Language | KQSL, Kafr Qassem Sign Language, Kafr Qassim Sign Language, Kfar Qassem Sign Language, Kfar Qassim Sign Language, Kufr Qassem Sign Language (KQSL) |
| lad | Ladino | Cudeo-Espanyol, Djidió, Djudeo-Espagnol, Djudezmo, Djudyó, Dschudeo-Espanjol, Dzhudeo-Espanyol, Dzhudezmo, Dzidió, Dzsudeo-Eszpanyol, Dzudezmo, Dżudeo-Espańol, Džudeo-Espanjol, Eshpanyol, Eshpanyolit, Espanyol, Espanyolit, Español sefardita, Franc |
| trg | Lishán Noshan | Galihalu, Iranian Azerbaijan Jewish Neo-Aramaic, Lakhlokhi, Lakhlókh, Lishanid Nash Didán, Lishanán, Lishán Didán |
| lsd | Lishana Deni | Judeo-Aramaic, Kurdit, Lishan Hozaye, Lishan Hudaye |
| smp | Samaritan Hebrew | Samaritan, Shamerim |
Other languages used in this country: (41)
| ISO Code | Name | Alternate Names |
|---|---|---|
| ady | Adyghe | Adyge, Adygei, Adygey, Adəgăbză, Cherkes, Kiakh, Kjax, Lower Circassian, Lowland Adyghe, West Circassian, Western Adyghe, Western Circassian |
| amh | Amharic | Beta Israel |
| ara | Arabic | |
| avl | Arabic, Eastern Egyptian Bedawi | Arabic, Levantine Bedawi, Eastern Egyptian Bedawi Arabic, Eastern Egyptian Bedawi Spoken Arabic, Levantine Bedawi Arabic, Levantine Bedawi Spoken Arabic |
| arz | Arabic, Egyptian | Egyptian Arabic, Egyptian Spoken Arabic, Lower Egypt Arabic, Massry, Modern Egyptian Language, Normal Egyptian Arabic |
| aju | Arabic, Judeo-Moroccan | Judeo-Arabic, il‘arabiyya dyalna |
| apc | Arabic, Levantine | Lebanese-Syrian Arabic, Levantine Arabic, Palestinian Arabic, Palestinian-Jordanian, Palestinian-Jordanian Arabic, Syro-Lebanese Arabic, Syro-Palestinian Arabic, il-lahje š-šāmiyye |
| aeb | Arabic, Tunisian | Derja, Tunisian, Tunisian Arabic, Tunisian Darija, Tunisian Spoken Arabic |
| hye | Armenian | Armani, Armjanski, Armjanski Yazyk, Eastern Armenian, Ermeni Dili, Ermenice, Erâmani, Haieren, Somekhuri, Somkhuri ena |
| hyw | Armenian, Western | West Armenian, Western Armenian |
| bhh | Bukharic | Bokharan, Bokharian, Bokharic, Bukharan, Bukharian, Bukharin, Judeo-Tajik |
| bul | Bulgarian | Pomak |
| ces | Czech | Bohemian, Cehă, Český jazyk, Češki, Čeština, čeština |
| rmt | Domari | Barake, Dom, Gypsy, Kurbat, Middle Eastern Romani, Mıtrıp, Nawar, Nawari, Near-Eastern Gypsy, Qurbāti, Tsigene |
| eng | English | |
| fra | French | |
| deu | German, Standard | Alemán, Allemand, Deutsch, Duits, Däitsch, German, Germană, Nemački, Nemec, Nemetskiy, Niemiec, Njemački, Német, Němec, Tedesco, Tudestg, Tysk |
| ell | Greek | Demotic Greek, Dimotiki, Greacă, Greco, Görög, Hellenic, Hretsʹkyy, Modern Greek, Modern Greek (1453-), Romaic, Standard Modern Greek, Urum, Yunan |
| heb | Hebrew | Contemporary Hebrew, Israeli, Israeli Hebrew, Modern Hebrew |
| hbo | Hebrew, Ancient | Ancient Hebrew, Old Hebrew |
| hun | Hungarian | Madžarski, Maghiar, Magyar, Maďarský, Mađarski, Uhorsʹkyy, Ungarisch |
| ita | Italian | |
| jge | Judeo-Georgian | |
| jdt | Judeo-Tat | Bik, Dzhuhuric, Hebrew Tat, Jewish Tat, Judeo-Tatic, Juhur, Juhuri, Juwri, Lahji, Mountain Jewish, Tati |
| lad | Ladino | Cudeo-Espanyol, Djidió, Djudeo-Espagnol, Djudezmo, Djudyó, Dschudeo-Espanjol, Dzhudeo-Espanyol, Dzhudezmo, Dzidió, Dzsudeo-Eszpanyol, Dzudezmo, Dżudeo-Espańol, Džudeo-Espanjol, Eshpanyol, Eshpanyolit, Espanyol, Espanyolit, Español sefardita, Franc |
| mal | Malayalam | Alealum, Malayal, Malayalani, Malayali, Malean, Maliyad, Mallealle, Malyalam, Mopla |
| mar | Marathi | Maharashtra, Maharathi, Malhatee, Marthi, Muruthu |
| fas | Persian | Ajamic, Farsi, New Persian, Parsi, Persian, Iranian, West Persian, Western Farsi |
| pol | Polish | Lengyel, Lenku, Polnisch, Polština |
| ron | Romanian | Moldavian, Moldovan |
| rus | Russian | |
| rsl | Russian Sign Language | Belarusian Sign Language, RSL, TSL, Tajik Sign Language |
| sam | Samaritan Aramaic | Shamerim |
| smp | Samaritan Hebrew | Samaritan, Shamerim |
| spa | Spanish | Castilian |
| tir | Tigrigna | Eritrean, Habashi, Tigray, Tigrinya |
| tur | Turkish | Anatolian, Istanbul Turkish, Osmanli, Turki, Turkmen, Turkoman, Türkisch, Türkçe |
| uzb | Uzbek | Ouzbek, O’zbek, Usbaki, Usbeki, Uzbek, Northern, oʻzbek, oʻzbek tili, oʻzbekcha, Özbek |
| yej | Yevanic | Judeo-Greek, Romaniote, Romaniyot, Yevanitika |
| yid | Yiddish | Judeo-German, Yiddish, Eastern, Yidish |
| yih | Yiddish, Western | Judeo-German, Western Yiddish, Yiddish, Yidish |
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