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state-sponsored education, as well as variation in cultural exposure to the language). Israelis born from the 1980s onward generally have better
English language skills than their parents and grandparents due to growing up with a higher level of exposure to the language in the media. "Proper" usage of the English language is considered a mark of good education among Israelis. In the past, several politicians, including
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927:, warnings and instructions were issued in at least seven languages. In 1991, a new radio station was erected, called "REKA", which is a Hebrew acronym for "Aliyah Absorption Network". At first, it broadcast exclusively in Russian, also containing programming aimed at teaching Hebrew, which included veteran Israel radio broadcasters recapping news in "easy Hebrew"; some years later, Amharic and
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554:, who comprise a large national minority, and members of other minorities are also fluent in Hebrew. Historically, Hebrew was taught in Arab schools from the third grade onward, but it has been gradually introduced from kindergarten onward starting in September 2015. A Hebrew exam is an essential part of the matriculation exams for students of Israeli schools. The state-affiliated
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second to Hebrew, the use of Arabic should be much more extensive. Since then, all road signs, food labels, and messages published or posted by the government must also be translated into
Literary Arabic, unless being issued by the local authority of an exclusively Hebrew-speaking community. As of December 2017, 40% of digital panels on public buses list their routes in both
728:. In addition, some Israeli schools also offer Russian language courses. The children of Russian immigrants to Israel generally pick up Hebrew as their dominant language, but most still speak Russian, and a majority still use Russian instead of Hebrew with family and Russian-speaking friends. As of 2017 there are up to 1.5 million Russian-speaking Israelis.
761:. In November 2007, a typical digital package included 45 channels in foreign languages, with 5 in Russian. At 2004 there were four dailies, 11 weeklies, five monthlies and over 50 local newspapers published in Russian in Israel, with a total circulation of about 250,000 during weekends. Daily radio services in Russian are also available throughout Israel.
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542:. Native Hebrew speakers comprise about 53% of the population. The vast majority of the rest speak Hebrew fluently as a second language. Native-born Israeli Jews are typically native speakers of Hebrew, but a significant minority of Israelis are immigrants who learned Hebrew as a second language. Immigrants who come under the
676:, for example, would become "Natzeret". The Transport Ministry said signs would be replaced gradually as necessary due to wear and tear. This has been criticized as an attempt to erase the Arabic language and Palestinian heritage in Israel. Israel's governmental names' committee unanimously rejected that suggestion in 2011.
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lost status. Today, English is the primary language for international relations and foreign exchange, but it is not sanctioned for use in
Knesset debates or in drafting legislation. Some British Mandate laws are still formulated in English, and the process of their translation into Hebrew has been gradual.
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policy, which governed the Israel language policy in its early days, was gradually neglected during the late 1970s. While in the 1950s
Israeli law banned Yiddish-language theaters and forced civil servants to adopt Hebrew surnames, the new policy allowed immigrants to communicate with the authorities
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was used as a diplomatic language, even though most state officials and civil servants were more fluent in
English. During the late 1960s, the Israeli-French alliance was undermined, leading to a stronger Israeli-United States alliance and paving the way for the English language to regain much of its
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as a language with "a special status in the State" (Article 4). The law further says that it should not be interpreted as compromising the status of the Arabic language in practice prior to the enactment of the Basic Law, namely, it preserves the status quo and changes the status of Hebrew and Arabic
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Ashkenazi communities in Israel. However, despite state-sponsored initiatives for preserving
Yiddish culture, the number of Yiddish-speaking Israelis is in decline as older generations of Ashkenazi Jews die. In addition, due to greater integration of Haredim, many families in Yiddish-speaking Haredi
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started teaching
Russian in 1962. In public schools, the first Russian-language classes were opened in the 1970s in large cities. The number of students enrolled in these programs dropped in the 1980s as immigration from the Soviet Union slowed down. In the 1990s, a Russian-language program carried
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Israeli authorities were reluctant to use Arabic, except when explicitly ordered by law (for example, in warnings on dangerous chemicals), or when addressing the Arabic-speaking population. This has changed following a November 2000 supreme court ruling which ruled that although
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lived in Israel by 2012. Additionally, it is estimated that 14,700 Romanian nationals worked in Israel as of 2010 (with or without a work permit). These figures do not include
Moldovan-born Jews and Moldovan migrants, which in turn are listed as former Soviet. However, these numbers do not account
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In 1948, the newly independent state of Israel took over the old
British regulations that had set English, Arabic, and Hebrew as official languages for Mandatory Palestine but, as mentioned, dropped English from the list. In spite of this, official language use has maintained a de facto role for
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English is not considered official but it plays a dominant role in the educational and public life of Israeli society. ... It is the language most widely used in commerce, business, formal papers, academia, and public interactions, public signs, road directions, names of buildings, etc. English
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Although English does not enjoy the same status as Hebrew and Arabic do, English proficiency is a core requirement in the public education system and road signs are generally written in English after Hebrew and Arabic. English is taught in public schools from the third grade to high school, and
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In terms of English, there is no connection between the declared policies and statements and de facto practices. While English is not declared anywhere as an official language, the reality is that it has a very high and unique status in Israel. It is the main language of the academy, commerce,
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for the immigrant reader. In 1989, there was only one daily in Russian, and 6 in 1996. Since the 2000s, the number of Russian-language newspapers started to decline due to the increasing number of television and online media. Israeli television provides daily translation in Hebrew, Arabic, and
672:, the transport minister, suggested that signs on all major roads in Israel, East Jerusalem and possibly parts of the West Bank would be amended, replacing English and Arabic place names with straight transliterations of the Hebrew name. Currently most road signs are in all three languages.
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Most Israelis can converse in and read English on at least a basic level, and secular Israelis who are of a high social and economic status usually possess greater capabilities in English than those who are of a lower social and economic status (this is mostly due to differing levels of
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were highly educated with almost 45 percent of them having some kind of higher education. Despite the fact that the native language of a significant part of the country's population is Russian, the language occupies a modest role in Israel's education system.
623:. Arabic lessons are widespread in Hebrew-speaking schools from the seventh through ninth grades. Those who wish to do so may opt to continue their Arabic studies through the twelfth grade and take an Arabic matriculation exam. A 2015 study found that 17% of
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Jewish language and the third most widely spoken Jewish language, Ladino is a variant of medieval Spanish, intermixed with Hebrew and with vocabulary from various other languages where Jews emigrated after being expelled from Spain. It is spoken by many
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has been massive in Israel in recent decades, and foreign language television shows are generally presented in the original language with Hebrew subtitles rather than dubbed, which means that there is a high level of exposure to English in the media.
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showed that 38% of Israelis ages 16 to 65 said they lacked basic English skills like speaking, reading, or writing and 13% reported that they do not know any English whatsoever. English retains a role comparable to that of an official language.
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communities have switched to using primarily Hebrew at home, which has led to the launch preservation campaigns among these communities. In a 2013 survey, about 2% of Israelis over the age of 20 recorded Yiddish as their native language.
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All Ordinances, official notices and official forms of the Government and all official notices of local authorities and municipalities in areas to be prescribed by order of the High Commissioner, shall be published in English, Arabic and
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in schools and universities, for both Hebrew and Arabic-speaking students. Despite the country's history of British mandatory rule, written English in Israel today uses primarily American spelling, punctuation, vocabulary, and grammar.
973:: it is spoken natively by around 100,000 Israelis. During Ottoman rule and the mandate period, as well as during the first decades of Israeli statehood, German was one of the primary languages of Jews living there. In 1979, a
611:. In 1949, there were 156,000 Arabs in Israel, most of whom did not speak Hebrew. Today, the figure stands at about 1.6 million, and although most are proficient in Hebrew, Arabic remains their primary native language.
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Due to immigration from English-speaking countries, a small but significant minority of Israeli Jews are native English speakers. One survey found that about 2% of Israelis spoke English as their native language.
1306:. They migrated to Israel beginning in 1948, when the State of Israel was established. In 1977, they numbered about 20,000. Concentrations of Marathi speakers are found in the towns of Dimona and Beersheba.
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is known as a foreign language by a significant proportion of the Israeli population as English is used widely in official logos and road signs alongside Hebrew and Arabic. In addition, the 19th edition of
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alongside Hebrew, but only rarely have Arabic-speaking Knesset members made use of this privilege as while all Arabic-speaking MKs are fluent in Hebrew, fewer Hebrew-speaking MKs can understand Arabic.
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In addition, a significant number of Israeli Jews know spoken Arabic, although only a very small number are fully literate in written Arabic. Arabic is the native language of older generations of those
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communities. Yiddish is a Germanic language, but incorporates elements of Hebrew. Yiddish saw a decline in its prevalence among the Israeli population in the early statehood of Israel, due to
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1121:: over 20% of Israeli adults have some knowledge of French. 250,000 to 350,000 Israeli are French speakers. A hybrid Jewish French, called "Franbreu", is emerging. French is spoken by many
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ruled that English, Arabic and Hebrew were inherited as official languages by Israel, but that English had been removed by the Law and Administration Ordinance of 1948. The Ordinance said:
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1266:: While spoken by a negligible number of Israeli Jews, Chinese, Tagalog, and Thai have made inroads in Israeli society in recent years due to an influx of non-Jewish immigrants from
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from Argentina and Venezuela, broadcast in Spanish with Hebrew subtitles by Viva in the 1990s, has extended a passive understanding of the language to some of the TV viewers.
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and their families, who immigrated from Turkey in the second half of the 20th century and also by foreign workers. Many of the Turkish speakers in Israel also speak Ladino.
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In 2008, a group of Knesset members proposed a bill to remove Arabic's status as an official language, making it an "official secondary language". That bill did not pass.
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can understand Arabic and 10% can speak it fluently, but only 2.5% can read an article in the language, 1.5% can write a letter in it, and 1% can read a book in it.
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branch opened in Tel Aviv. By 2006, increasing numbers of Israelis were studying German, and at the time four Israeli schools offered German as an elective course.
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Israeli Immunization Cards. The left one is in Hebrew and French and was printed in 1983. The right one is in Hebrew, Arabic and English and was printed in 1991.
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in their language of origin and encouraged them to keep their original language and culture. This new practice has become evident since the early 1990s with
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is the official language used in government, commerce, court sessions, schools, and universities. It is the language most commonly used in everyday life in
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are actually Ashkenazim. Spanish has never been part of the curriculum in Israel, and Spanish is only taught as a foreign language in universities and
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in Eastern Europe and the second most widely spoken Jewish language after Hebrew. Currently, it is spoken by approximately 200,000 Israelis, mostly in
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policy, where every immigrant was required to study Hebrew and often to adopt a Hebrew surname. Use of Yiddish, which was the main competitor prior to
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is by far the most widely spoken non-official language in Israel. Over 20% of Israelis are fluent in Russian after mass Jewish immigration from the
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in theatres, movies and other cultural activities. It has undergone a cultural revival in recent years. Yiddish is the primary language in some
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in the runup to the 1967 Six-Day War, leading to decreased use of French. Israeli passports switched from French to English during the 1990s.
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in the 1970s, 1990s, and 2000s. The government and businesses often provide both written and verbal information in Russian. There is also an
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stated that graduates who lacked English proficiency were effectively "handicapped" in today's economy. An October 2017 report by the
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across the country, and, starting in 2015, Arabic has been increasingly featured in signs along highways and in railway stations.
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Israelis. It comes from Jewish educators of the Deaf from Germany who relocated to start the first school for the deaf in Israel.
2581:"Foreign Workers in Israel At the End of 2010: 116,000 Foreign Workers Entered on a Work Permit, and 95,000 Entered as Tourists"
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is the country's official language, and almost the entire population speaks it either as a first language or proficiently as a
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for actual language speakers but only nationality, as there is no recent data on the number of Romanophones living in Israel.
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communities worldwide, and is sometimes the first language for the members of the Hasidic branches of such communities.
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The linguistic dualism between Hebrew and Yiddish was similar to that of Hebrew and Aramaic in former generations.
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until the 1990s, even though most state officials and civil servants were more fluent in English. However, the
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included some 1,500 students. In 1997, about 120 schools in Israel taught Russian in one way or another.
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Russian. In 2002, the Israeli Russian-speaking commercial Channel 9 was launched. It is also known as
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in 1922, and the 1922 Palestine Order in Council were the first in modern times to acknowledge
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during the 1950s and 1960s. There is a Judeo-Moroccan Arabic radio program on Israeli radio.
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Jews. Today there is a state-supported authority for preserving the Ladino culture –
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which comprises about one-fifth of the population. Arabic has a special status under
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were proficient in Hebrew and 70% were highly proficient. It also found that 60% of
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as the national language of the Jewish people and discouraged the use of other
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Any provision in the law requiring the use of the English language is repealed.
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Perspectives on Language and Development: Essays in Honor of Ruth A. Berman
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passing an English oral and written test is a prerequisite for receiving a
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in the Israeli official gazette (publication no. 2092 from 28 March 2007).
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extensively when communicating with these new immigrants. During the 1991
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in Israel. This confusing situation has led to several appeals to the
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Ben-Rafael, Miriam; Ben-Rafael, Eliezer (5 November 2018).
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Meir, Irit; Sandler, Wendy; Padden, Carol; Aronoff, Mark.
1948:"Study: Only 1% of Israeli Jews Can Read a Book in Arabic"
2998:
Jews in Israel: contemporary social and cultural patterns
2180:לשכת רה"מ: הצעת כץ למחוק שמות יישובים בלועזית - לא ריאלית
2870:
Oxford Handbook of Deaf Studies, Language, and Education
3019:
The languages of Israel: policy, ideology, and practice
2473:"High Court of Justice, case 4112/99, paragraphs 11–12"
1685:
Halbfinger, David M.; Kershner, Isabel (19 July 2018).
227:
lists 36 languages and dialects spoken through Israel.
2499:"Study finds most English teachers lacking in English"
2280:
2278:
1713:, No. 898 of 29 June 1939, Supplement 2, pp. 464–465.
184:
population is linguistically and culturally diverse.
2975:
Pokorn, Nike K.; Gile, Daniel; Hansen, Gyde (2010).
2920:
Encyclopedia of bilingualism and bilingual education
2617:
German Language Slowly Losing Taboo Status in Israel
2207:
The Languages of the Jews: A Sociolinguistic History
1366:: Judeo-Tat (also known as Juhuri) is spoken by the
1132:, French is also spoken by the increasing number of
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817:"Any provision in the law requiring the use of the
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2444:Language Policy: Hidden Agendas and New Approaches
374:Apart from Hebrew, Arabic and English, the use of
2018:"MK takes to Knesset podium for speech in Arabic"
1144:are native French speakers. The French embassy's
2326:
1889:The Israeli Conflict System: Analytic Approaches
939:. In the beginning of the twenty-first century,
919:). Israeli authorities began to use Russian and
909:massive immigration from the former Soviet Union
1873:of his article by Rachel Rozhenski appeared in
815:
726:Israeli television broadcast channel in Russian
662:and it is currently headed by Mahmud Ghanayem.
368:
351:
319:Israel as the Nation-State of the Jewish People
2296:
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2221:Алексей Голубович, Forbes Russia, 9 March 2017
1322:(also called Malabar Jews), from the state of
1048:La Autoridad Nasionala del Ladino i su Kultura
603:, along with Hebrew, has special status under
3306:
3083:
2137:"MKs: Make Hebrew the only official language"
2086:. Arabicac.com. 21 March 2007. Archived from
1152:, but has been rebuffed by its Arab members.
8:
2810:(193). de Gruyter, Reference Global: 71–86.
2311:
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1224:who immigrated from Iran and their children.
3207:
1907:"CBS: 27% of Israelis struggle with Hebrew"
1220:: Persian is spoken by some of the 135,000
1058:: Polish was spoken by the large number of
366:on 19 May 1948. The amendment states that:
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2416:. Kluwer Academic Publishers. p. 90.
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1370:who immigrated from Russia and Azerbaijan.
1208:: Turkish is spoken by some of the 77,000
580:, which is in English, Arabic, and Hebrew.
477:the revival of Hebrew as a spoken language
37:
3017:Spolsky, Bernard; Shohamy, Elana (1999).
2958:Struggle and Survival in Palestine/Israel
2918:Baker, Colin; Jones, Sylvia Prys (1998).
1824:History of the Yiddish Language, Volume 1
1412:church and by a number of Greek Jews and
1066:. Today, it is somewhat common in Polish
250:1.6%, and 10% other languages (including
2556:CBS, STATISTICAL ABSTRACT OF ISRAEL 2013
2392:English, after Hebrew but before Arabic.
873:
832:English is required as a second language
571:
196:, is the main medium of life in Israel.
2552:"JEWS, BY COUNTRY OF ORIGIN(1) AND AGE"
2376:Round Table on Language and Linguistics
2339:Rabinowitz, Aaron (23 September 2017).
1900:
1898:
1896:
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1428:in two villages in the north of Israel.
1158:Agence universitaire de la Francophonie
772:has been traditionally the language of
444:articles, issued by the Council of the
3021:. Clevedon, UK: Multilingual Matters.
2994:Rebhun, Uzi; Waxman, Chaim I. (2004).
2956:LeVine, Mark; Shafir, Gershon (2012).
358:This law, like most other laws of the
28:
2979:. Amsterdam: John Benjamins Pub. Co.
2358:Arutz Sheva Staff (2 February 2018).
2284:
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985:: Spoken by most of Israel's 130,000
941:the first Russian-language TV channel
266:have a good understanding of Hebrew.
7:
870:Policy towards immigrants' languages
546:are entitled to a free course in an
2838:"Association of the Deaf in Israel"
2707:olim from french speaking countries
2588:Israel Central Bureau of Statistics
2560:Israel Central Bureau of Statistics
2412:; Bat-Zeev Shyldkrot, Hava (eds.).
1905:Druckman, Yaron (21 January 2013).
1650:Israel Central Bureau of Statistics
1484:, AKA Algerian Jewish Sign Language
1318:is the traditional language of the
803:Israel Central Bureau of Statistics
335:Constitution of Mandatory Palestine
2960:. University of California Press.
2939:Critical issues in Israeli society
2922:. Clevedon: Multilingual Matters.
2745:"Netanya: Israel's French capital"
2520:"You're in Israel – Speak English"
1011:Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church
519:official language and initiated a
472:replaced Hebrew in ancient times.
25:
2719:"Israel and the OIF institutions"
2404:Bat-Zeev Shyldkrot, Hava (2004).
2084:"Arabic Language Academy – Haifa"
1467:, used by the immigrant community
1358:who immigrated from Central Asia.
1093:: Spanish is spoken by Jews from
395:Israeli-French alliance unraveled
3681:
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3002:. Hanover: Brandeis University.
2406:"Part I: Language and Discourse"
2166:Row over 'standard' Hebrew signs
1538:
1238:: These languages are spoken by
741:out by local governments called
731:Most Jewish immigrants from the
169:
3054:Language Policy Research Center
2518:Bior, Haim (11 February 2018).
2460:business, and the public space.
1489:Al-Sayyid Bedouin Sign Language
1382:that immigrated to Israel from
1342:that immigrated to Israel from
501:History of the Yiddish Language
3639:British Indian Ocean Territory
2977:Why translation studies matter
2590:. 31 July 2011. Archived from
2327:Pokorn, Gile & Hansen 2010
1946:Kashti, Or (6 December 2015).
1777:Goldsmith, Emanuel S. (1997).
1246:. Kayla appears to be extinct.
656:Academy of the Hebrew Language
556:Academy of the Hebrew Language
337:, which was promulgated by an
325:as "the State's language" and
192:. Its standard form, known as
1:
2447:. Routledge. pp. 72–73.
1518:Abu Kaf Bedouin Sign Language
1455:is the main language amongst
1286:: Marathi is the language of
1109:. However, the popularity of
799:Israeli Ministry of Education
797:In 2018, the director of the
413:in Hebrew, Arabic and English
2941:. Westport, Conn.: Praeger.
2135:Ilan, Shahar (19 May 2008).
1075:1968 Polish political crisis
456:, which sought to establish
2816:10.1515/ling.1977.15.193.71
1729:Laws of the State of Israel
1394:during the 1940s and 1950s.
1354:: Bukhori is spoken by the
200:is used mainly by Israel's
3729:
2297:Spolsky & Shohamy 1999
2258:Spolsky & Shohamy 1999
1503:Arab El-Naim Sign Language
1134:new immigrants from France
686:Russian language in Israel
683:
593:
485:Mutasarrifate of Jerusalem
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2863:"Emerging Sign Languages"
2673:10.1515/9781501504631-020
2373:Spolsky, Bernard (1999).
2177:חסון, ניר (6 July 2011).
913:immigration from Ethiopia
621:Arabic-speaking countries
596:Arabic language in Israel
364:Provisional State Council
43:Map showing languages in
36:
18:Language policy in Israel
3388:East Timor (Timor-Leste)
2312:LeVine & Shafir 2012
2270:Rebhun & Waxman 2004
2179:
1785:Fordham University Press
1496:Kafr Qasem Sign Language
917:Ethiopian Jews in Israel
869:
487:beginning in the 1880s.
3649:Cocos (Keeling) Islands
2664:Jewish French in Israel
2441:Shohamy, Elana (2006).
1525:Al-Atrash Sign Language
1511:Ein Mahel Sign Language
1298:region of the state of
694:A Russian bookstore in
652:Arabic Language Academy
2234:Baker & Jones 1998
1869:1 October 2007 at the
1731:, Vol. I (1948) p. 10"
1554:Demographics of Israel
1481:Ghardaia Sign Language
1473:village sign languages
1138:French speaking Africa
947:Other spoken languages
899:
882:. From top to bottom:
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718:Russian Jews in Israel
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2896:"About Our Languages"
2667:. De Gruyter Mouton.
2615:Bartolmai, Evelyne. "
1829:Yale University Press
1711:The Palestine Gazette
1613:. The State of Israel
1564:Neo-Aramaic languages
1464:Russian Sign Language
1452:Israeli Sign Language
1408:: Greek is spoken by
1335:Judeo-Moroccan Arabic
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811:High Court of Justice
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309:On 19 July 2018, the
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3563:United Arab Emirates
2937:Dowty, Alan (2004).
2069:3 March 2016 at the
1864:A Hebrew translation
1752:"Yiddish is no joke"
619:who immigrated from
230:According to a 2011
160:Keyboard layout
3708:Languages of Israel
3590:limited recognition
3099:Languages of Israel
3058:Bar Ilan University
3044:Languages of Israel
2504:The Times of Israel
2410:Diskin Ravid, Dorit
1438:Armenians in Israel
1156:is a member of the
1154:Tel Aviv University
1107:Instituto Cervantes
911:and the additional
513:Mandatory Palestine
499:notes in his book,
32:Languages of Israel
3322:Languages of Asia
2479:on 28 October 2014
2205:Spolsky, Bernard:
1972:on 28 October 2014
1666:on 22 October 2021
1375:Jewish Neo-Aramaic
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3050:entry for Israel.
3028:978-1-85359-451-9
3009:978-1-58465-327-1
2986:978-90-272-2434-7
2967:978-0-520-95390-1
2948:978-0-275-97320-9
2929:978-1-85359-362-8
2682:978-1-5015-0463-1
2640:Viva la telenova!
2454:978-0-415-32864-7
2423:978-1-4020-7911-5
2386:978-0-87840-132-1
2064:The law in Hebrew
1998:. 6 December 2017
1879:on 31 March 2004.
1862:on 20 July 1951.
1838:978-0-300-10960-3
1146:Institut Français
738:Hebrew University
475:The movement for
446:League of Nations
401:Official language
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