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
  
India, Pakistan
  
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
  
India, Pakistan
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Pakistan
  
Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Australia, Canada, United Kingdom, United States of America
  
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.
  
- Punjabi is 2nd most spoken in United Kingdom and 4th most spoken in Canada.
- Punjabi is tonal language, by using various tones Punjabi speakers are able to differentiate between words.
  
Similar To
Amharic and Hebrew
  
Hindi Language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Sanskrit Language
  
Alphabets in
Arabic.jpg#200
  
Punjabi-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Arabic
  
Gurmukhi, Shahmukhi
  
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
مرحبا
  
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (namaskar)
  
Thank You
شكرا
  
ਸ਼ੁਕਰੀਆ (shukrīā)
  
How Are You?
كيف حالك؟
  
ਤੁਹਾਡਾ ਕੀ ਹਾਲ ਹੈ? (tuhāḍā kī hāl he?)
  
Good Night
تصبح على خير
  
ਸ਼ੁੱਭ ਰਾਤਰੀ (shubh rātri)
  
Good Evening
مساء الخير
  
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)
  
Good Afternoon
مساء الخير
  
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (Namasakāra)
  
Good Morning
صباح الخير
  
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)
  
Please
من فضلك
  
ਕਿਰਪਾ ਕਰਕੇ (kirpā karkē)
  
Sorry
آسف
  
ਖਿਮਾ/ਮਾਫ਼ ਕਰੋ ਜੀ। (kimā)
  
Bye
وداعا
  
ਫਿਰ ਮਿਲਾੰਗੇ (Fair milaange)
  
I Love You
أحبك
  
ਮੈਂ ਤੈਨੂੰ ਪਿਆਰ ਕਰਦਾ ਹਾਂ। (mẽ tenū̃ piār kardā hā̃)
  
Excuse Me
اعذرني
  
ਵੇਖੋ ਜੀ। (vēkhō jī)
  
Dialect 1
Maghrebi
  
Pothohari
  
Where They Speak
Algeria, Libya, Maghreb, Morocco, Tunisia
  
Pakistan
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
2,500,000.00
  
22
Dialect 2
Sudanese
  
Saraiki
  
Where They Speak
Sudan
  
Afganistan, India, Pakistan
  
How Many People Speak
17,000,000.00
  
6
20,000,000.00
  
5
Dialect 3
Levantine
  
Doabi
  
Where They Speak
Cyprus, Levant
  
Pakistan, Punjab, India
  
How Many People Speak
21,000,000.00
  
3
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
452.00 million
  
4
154.30 million
  
12
Native Speakers
206.00 million
  
6
100.00 million
  
11
Second Language Speakers
246.00 million
  
2
54.30 million
  
12
Native Name
(al arabiya) العربية
  
ਪੰਜਾਬੀ, پنجابی
  
Alternative Names
Al-’Arabiyya, Al-Fusha, Literary Arabic
  
Lahanda, Lahnda, Lahndi, Lahori, Majhi, Gurmukhi, Gurumukhi, Panjabi
  
French Name
arabe
  
pendjabi
  
German Name
Arabisch
  
Pandschabi-Sprache
  
Pronunciation
/al ʕarabijja/, /ʕarabi/
  
Not Availble
  
Ethnicity
Arabs
  
Punjabis
  
Origin
512 CE
  
1000 AD
  
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family, Semitic Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Semitic
  
Indo-Iranian
  
Branch
North Arabic
  
Indic
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Shauraseni, Kaikeyi
  
Standard Forms
Modern Standard Arabic
  
Modern Punjabi
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Signed Arabic
  
Indian Signing System (ISS)
  
Scope
Macrolanguage
  
Not Available
  
ISO 639 1
ar
  
pa
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
ara
  
pan
  
ISO 639 2/B
ara
  
pan
  
ISO 639 3
ara
  
pan
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
arab1395
  
panj1256
  
Linguasphere
12-AAC
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Not Available
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
  
Fusional