Languages of Israel
The Israeli population is linguistically and culturally diverse. Hebrew is the country's official language, and almost the entire population speaks it either as a first language or proficiently as a second language. Its standard form, known as Modern Hebrew, is the main medium of life in Israel. Arabic is used mainly by Arab citizens of Israel, who comprise about one-fifth of the population. Arabic has a special status under Israeli law. English is known as a foreign language by a significant portion of the Israeli population as it is widely used in official logos and road signs alongside Hebrew and Arabic. Data collected between 2018 and 2020 by the National Center for Exams and Evaluation showed that 33% of Israeli students are able to hold a basic conversation in English; such data only refers to academic students who had declared to have studied English, which indicates that English knowledge among the general population is at a much lower level. Russian is spoken by about 20% of the...
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