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
Barbados, Belize, Botswana, Cameroon, Canada, Dominica, Fiji, Ghana, India, Ireland, Jamaica, Kenya, Malta, Mauritius, Micronesia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Samoa, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Somaliland, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda, United Kingdom, Zambia, Zimbabwe
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
Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Gibraltar, Grenada, Guam, Guyana, Jersey, Montserrat, Nauru, Singapore, Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom, United States of America
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
India, Nigeria, Pakistan, Singapore
Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, South America
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
South Africa
Regulated By
Academy of the Arabic Language, Arabic Language International Council
Not Available
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.
- Most of the English words begin with the letter S than any other letter.
- English is third most commonly spoken language in the world.
Similar To
Amharic and Hebrew
Not Available
Derived From
Not Available
Latin
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
How Are You?
كيف حالك؟
How are you?
Good Night
تصبح على خير
Good Night
Good Evening
مساء الخير
Good Evening
Good Afternoon
مساء الخير
Good Afternoon
Good Morning
صباح الخير
Good Morning
I Love You
أحبك
I love you
Excuse Me
اعذرني
Excuse Me
Dialect 1
Maghrebi
American English
Where They Speak
Algeria, Libya, Maghreb, Morocco, Tunisia
United States of America
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Sudanese
Hiberno-English
Where They Speak
Sudan
Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom
Dialect 3
Levantine
Welsh English
Where They Speak
Cyprus, Levant
United Kingdom
Native Name
(al arabiya) العربية
English
Alternative Names
Al-’Arabiyya, Al-Fusha, Literary Arabic
Not Available
French Name
arabe
anglais
German Name
Arabisch
Englisch
Pronunciation
/al ʕarabijja/, /ʕarabi/
/ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ/
Ethnicity
Arabs
Not Available
Origin
512 CE
5th Century AD
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family, Semitic Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Semitic
Not Available
Branch
North Arabic
Not Available
Early Forms
No early forms
Old English, Middle English, Early Modern English and English
Standard Forms
Modern Standard Arabic
Standard English
Signed Forms
Signed Arabic
Signed English
Scope
Macrolanguage
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
engs
Glottocode
arab1395
stan1293
Linguasphere
12-AAC
52-ABA
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
Analytic, Fusional, Isolating, Synthetic