Countries
Algeria, Bahrain, Chad, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, Yemen
  
Andorra, Balearic Islands, Catalonia, Latin Union, Spain, Valencian Community
  
National Language
Algeria, Bahrain, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, United Arab Emirates, Yemen
  
Andorra, France, Italy, Spain
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Spain
  
Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia
  
Europe
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Aragon, France, Italy, Spain
  
Regulated By
Academy of the Arabic Language, Arabic Language International Council
  
Institut d'Estudis Catalans, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua, National Languages Committee
  
Interesting Facts
- Arabic is 5th common language in world.
- Classical Arabic is the language of Quran and also it is official language. Classical Arabic is the only way to learn Arabic language in academic way and it does not change.
  
- Catalan is 6th most largely spoken Romance language.
- Catalan went through a golden age in low middle ages, reaching a peak of maturity and cultural richness.
  
Similar To
Amharic and Hebrew
  
Spanish Language, Occitan Language, Italian Language, French Language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Latin
  
Alphabets in
Arabic.jpg#200
  
Catalan-Alpahabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Arabic
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
مرحبا
  
Hola
  
Thank You
شكرا
  
Gràcies
  
How Are You?
كيف حالك؟
  
Com estàs?
  
Good Night
تصبح على خير
  
Bona nit
  
Good Evening
مساء الخير
  
Bona nit
  
Good Afternoon
مساء الخير
  
Bona tarda
  
Good Morning
صباح الخير
  
Bon dia
  
Please
من فضلك
  
Sisplau
  
Sorry
آسف
  
Perdó!
  
Bye
وداعا
  
Adéu
  
I Love You
أحبك
  
T'estimo
  
Excuse Me
اعذرني
  
Dispensi!
  
Dialect 1
Maghrebi
  
Caló
  
Where They Speak
Algeria, Libya, Maghreb, Morocco, Tunisia
  
France, Portugal, Spain
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Sudanese
  
Valencian
  
Where They Speak
Sudan
  
Spain
  
How Many People Speak
17,000,000.00
  
6
2,400,000.00
  
19
Dialect 3
Levantine
  
Ribagorçan
  
Where They Speak
Cyprus, Levant
  
Spain
  
How Many People Speak
21,000,000.00
  
3
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
452.00 million
  
4
9.20 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
206.00 million
  
6
4.10 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
246.00 million
  
2
5.10 million
  
28
Native Name
(al arabiya) العربية
  
català
  
Alternative Names
Al-’Arabiyya, Al-Fusha, Literary Arabic
  
Català, Catalán, Catalan-Valencian-Balear, Catalonian, Valencian
  
French Name
arabe
  
catalan; valencien
  
German Name
Arabisch
  
Katalanisch
  
Pronunciation
/al ʕarabijja/, /ʕarabi/
  
[kətəˈɫa] (EC) ~ [kataˈɫa] (WC)
  
Ethnicity
Arabs
  
Catalan people
  
Origin
512 CE
  
c. 1028
  
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family, Semitic Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Semitic
  
Romance
  
Branch
North Arabic
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Old Catalan
  
Standard Forms
Modern Standard Arabic
  
Standard Catalan, Standard Valencian
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Signed Arabic
  
Signed Catalan
  
Scope
Macrolanguage
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
ar
  
ca
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
ara
  
cat
  
ISO 639 2/B
ara
  
cat
  
ISO 639 3
ara
  
cat
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
arab1395
  
stan1289
  
Linguasphere
12-AAC
  
51-AAA-e
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
  
Not Available