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Description

  • Palestinian Arabic is the official and primary language spoken by Palestinians and has a unique dialect. A Levantine Arabic dialect subgroup, it is spoken in Palestine by Arab citizens of Israel (Palestinians) and in Palestinian populations in the West Bank, Gaza, elsewhere within the Occupied Territories, and in the diaspora around the world. However, Palestinian refugees in other parts of the world may have a different dialect from Palestinian Arabic.
  • Arabic is used for official administrations.
  • Hebrew has become more common since the early 20th century because of the many Israeli settlements in the West Bank.
  • Russian and Amharic have also started to appear resulting from Aliyah (Jewish migration) from Ethiopia.
  • French is also used as a foreign language.
  • Other Jewish migrants have also brought other European languages. [1]

Word List(s)

Palestinian Arabic

Arabic

Hebrew

Russian

Amharic

French

Alphabet and Pronunciation

Palestinian Arabic

Arabic

Hebrew

Russian

Amharic

French

Language Aids and Dictionaries

Palestinian Arabic

  • Palestinian Arabic Dictionary (Palweb)
  • Elihai, Yohanan. English-Arabic pocket dictionary: Palestinian spoken Arabic. Jerusalem, Israel: Minerva Publishing House, 2013. Available at: WorldCat.
  • Elihai, Yohanan, and Rothberg International School. Speaking Arabic : a course in conversational Eastern (Palestinian) Arabic. Jerusalem: Minerva, 2010. Available at: WorldCat.

Arabic

Hebrew

Russian

Amharic

French

Additional Resources

References

  1. Wikipedia contributors, "Languages of Palestine," in Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Languages_of_Palestine, accessed 11 April 2022.