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
  
European Union, Ireland
  
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
  
Ireland
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Ireland
  
Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia
  
Europe
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
United Kingdom
  
Regulated By
Academy of the Arabic Language, Arabic Language International Council
  
Foras na Gaeilge
  
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.
  
- In Irish language, there are no exact words for "yes" or "no".
- There are different set of numbers for counting humans and another set for counting non-humans in Irish Language.
  
Similar To
Amharic and Hebrew
  
Not Available
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Arabic.jpg#200
  
Irish-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Arabic
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
مرحبا
  
Dia dhuit
  
Thank You
شكرا
  
Go raibh maith agat
  
How Are You?
كيف حالك؟
  
Conas atá tú ?
  
Good Night
تصبح على خير
  
Oíche mhaith
  
Good Evening
مساء الخير
  
Tráthnóna maith duit
  
Good Afternoon
مساء الخير
  
Tráthnóna maith duit
  
Good Morning
صباح الخير
  
Dia dhuit ar maidin
  
Please
من فضلك
  
le do thoil
  
Sorry
آسف
  
Tá brón orm
  
Bye
وداعا
  
Slán
  
I Love You
أحبك
  
Is breá liom thú
  
Excuse Me
اعذرني
  
Gabh mo leithscéal
  
Dialect 1
Maghrebi
  
Connacht Irish
  
Where They Speak
Algeria, Libya, Maghreb, Morocco, Tunisia
  
Connacht
  
Dialect 2
Sudanese
  
Munster Irish
  
Where They Speak
Sudan
  
Munster
  
How Many People Speak
17,000,000.00
  
6
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Levantine
  
Ulster Irish
  
Where They Speak
Cyprus, Levant
  
Ulster
  
How Many People Speak
21,000,000.00
  
3
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
452.00 million
  
4
1.79 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
206.00 million
  
6
0.14 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
246.00 million
  
2
1.65 million
  
35
Native Name
(al arabiya) العربية
  
Gaeilge (na hÉireann) / An Ghaeilge
  
Alternative Names
Al-’Arabiyya, Al-Fusha, Literary Arabic
  
Erse, Gaeilge, Gaelic Irish
  
French Name
arabe
  
irlandais moyen
  
German Name
Arabisch
  
Mittelirisch
  
Pronunciation
/al ʕarabijja/, /ʕarabi/
  
[ˈɡeːlʲɟə]
  
Ethnicity
Arabs
  
Irish people
  
Origin
512 CE
  
c. 750
  
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family, Semitic Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Semitic
  
Celtic
  
Branch
North Arabic
  
Goidelic
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Primitive Irish, Old Irish, Middle Irish, Classical Irish, Irish
  
Standard Forms
Modern Standard Arabic
  
An Caighdeán Oifigiúil
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Signed Arabic
  
Irish Sign Language
  
Scope
Macrolanguage
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
ar
  
ga
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
ara
  
gle
  
ISO 639 2/B
ara
  
gle
  
ISO 639 3
ara
  
gle
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
arab1395
  
iris1253
  
Linguasphere
12-AAC
  
50-AAA
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Verb-Subject-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
  
Fusional