Which languages name the landscape here, and in which writing systems. A language's toponymic footprint and its speaker population are different measures and often diverge. Counts include variant and foreign-language renderings of the same place, so a language can rank high because outside sources record names in it rather than because it is spoken locally — and a widely spoken language can be almost absent where official naming is in another language.
| Language | Place names | Share* | Script |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arabic (ara) | 4,210 | 97.0% | Arabic |
| Hebrew (heb) | 107 | 2.5% | Hebrew |
| English (eng) | 22 | 0.5% | — |
| + 2 further languages (2 names, each under 0.05%) | |||
5,675 distinct features ·
5 languages ·
2 scripts ·
2,132 names in non-Roman script ·
18 conventional English names
Source: NGA GEOnet Names Server
(public domain) · rebuilt Wed, 05 Aug 2026.
* Shares are of the
4,341 names that carry a language
code; the remaining 9,944 of
14,285 are unattributed, so these
percentages do not divide into the headline count.
Names follow the US/BGN convention.
The data providers this country's datasets are sourced from — each links out to the provider.
| Source | Type | Access |
|---|---|---|
| NGA GEOnet Names Server (GNS) | official_government | bulk_download |