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Hebrew is the most widely spoken language in Israel today. In the Modern Period, from the 19th century onward, the literary Hebrew tradition revived as the spoken language of modern Israel, called variously Israeli Hebrew, Modern Israeli Hebrew, Modern Hebrew, New Hebrew, Israeli Standard Hebrew, Standard Hebrew and so on.
Developed as part of the revival of Hebrew in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, it is the official language of the State of Israel and the only Canaanite language still spoken as a native language. The revival of Hebrew predates the creation of the state of Israel, where it is now the national language.
Hebrew is the only official language of the State of Israel, [29] and Arabic has special status. Russian and a number of other immigrant languages are widely used in Israel, because ethnic Jews from dozens of countries from all around the world have settled in the area. Russian is the major immigrant language of Jews living in Israel.
The Canaanite languages continued to be spoken languages until at least the 5th century but were gradually supplanted by Aramaic. Modern Hebrew is the only living Canaanite language today and was revived in the 19th century by political and cultural activists as an everyday spoken language in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
The Arabic language (alongside Hebrew) also remained as an official language in the State of Israel for the first 70 years after the proclamation in 1948 until 2018. The Knesset canceled the status of Arabic as an official language by adopting the relevant Basic Law: Israel as the Nation-State of the Jewish People on 19 July 2018.
Hebrew is now the primary official language of Israel, and the most commonly spoken language there. [9] It is spoken by over 9,000,000 people today. [10] Most of them live in Israel or are Israeli expatriates, but many in Jewish communities outside Israel have undertaken its study.
The United States has proposed new language to bridge gaps in discussions for a deal between Israel and Hamas, a senior US administration official said Friday. US proposes new language to revive ...
Spoken Language and Hebrew proficiency, by Sex in Israel according to the 1948 Census Israel: Day to Day Spoken Language, Among Non-Hebrew Speakers in the Jewish Population (1948) By the time Israel was established in 1948, 80.9% of Jews who had been born in Palestine spoke Hebrew as their only language in daily life, and another 14.2% of ...