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Why does israel have 2 languages?

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Anonymous

10y ago
Updated: 8/21/2019


Israel has perhaps as many as a hundred languages, or more ... a reflection of the
wide variety of countries from which its citizens have come to live there.

Two languages are designated as "official state languages", and a third is in wide use,
both in public and in private.

Israel's 'official' languages are Hebrew and Arabic ... an indication of the fact that the
largest two segments of its population are Jews and Arabs.

Another language in wide use in Israel ... in public, in private homes, in business, in
education, and in technology ... is English. English is taught in all elementary and high
schools, and has the position of a 'semi-official' language of the country.

Street signs in Israel's cities, and road signage on its highways, are all printed in
Hebrew, Arabic, and English.

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