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Arabic vs Arabic


Arabic vs Arabic


Countries

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   
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   

Total No. Of Countries
23   
4
23   
4

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   
Algeria, Bahrain, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, United Arab Emirates, Yemen   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia   
Africa, Asia   

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Regulated By
Academy of the Arabic Language, Arabic Language International Council   
Academy of the Arabic Language, Arabic Language International Council   

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.
  
  • 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.
  

Similar To
Amharic and Hebrew   
Amharic and Hebrew   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Arabic.jpg#200   
Arabic.jpg#200   

Alphabets
28   
10
28   
10

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8   
5
8   
5

How Many Consonants
28   
18
28   
18

Scripts
Arabic   
Arabic   

Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal   
Right-To-Left, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4   
3
4   
3

Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks   
13
88 weeks   
13

Greetings

Hello
مرحبا   
مرحبا   

Thank You
شكرا   
شكرا   

How Are You?
كيف حالك؟   
كيف حالك؟   

Good Night
تصبح على خير   
تصبح على خير   

Good Evening
مساء الخير   
مساء الخير   

Good Afternoon
مساء الخير   
مساء الخير   

Good Morning
صباح الخير   
صباح الخير   

Please
من فضلك   
من فضلك   

Sorry
آسف   
آسف   

Bye
وداعا   
وداعا   

I Love You
أحبك   
أحبك   

Excuse Me
اعذرني   
اعذرني   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Maghrebi   
Maghrebi   

Where They Speak
Algeria, Libya, Maghreb, Morocco, Tunisia   
Algeria, Libya, Maghreb, Morocco, Tunisia   

Dialect 2
Sudanese   
Sudanese   

Where They Speak
Sudan   
Sudan   

How Many People Speak
17,000,000.00   
6
17,000,000.00   
6

Dialect 3
Levantine   
Levantine   

Where They Speak
Cyprus, Levant   
Cyprus, Levant   

How Many People Speak
21,000,000.00   
3
21,000,000.00   
3

Total No. Of Dialects
26   
22
26   
22

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
452.00 million   
4
452.00 million   
4

Speaking Population
4.43 %   
6
4.43 %   
6

Native Speakers
206.00 million   
6
206.00 million   
6

Second Language Speakers
246.00 million   
2
246.00 million   
2

Native Name
(al arabiya) العربية   
(al arabiya) العربية   

Alternative Names
Al-’Arabiyya, Al-Fusha, Literary Arabic   
Al-’Arabiyya, Al-Fusha, Literary Arabic   

French Name
arabe   
arabe   

German Name
Arabisch   
Arabisch   

Pronunciation
/al ʕarabijja/, /ʕarabi/   
/al ʕarabijja/, /ʕarabi/   

Ethnicity
Arabs   
Arabs   

History

Origin
512 CE   
512 CE   

Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family, Semitic Family   
Afro-Asiatic Family, Semitic Family   

Subgroup
Semitic   
Semitic   

Branch
North Arabic   
North Arabic   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Modern Standard Arabic   
Modern Standard Arabic   

Language Position
25   
21
25   
21

Signed Forms
Signed Arabic   
Signed Arabic   

Scope
Macrolanguage   
Macrolanguage   

Code

ISO 639 1
ar   
ar   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ara   
ara   

ISO 639 2/B
ara   
ara   

ISO 639 3
ara   
ara   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
arab1395   
arab1395   

Linguasphere
12-AAC   
12-AAC   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object   
Subject-Verb-Object   

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic   
Fusional, Synthetic   

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Arabic and Arabic Language History

Comparison of Arabic vs Arabic language history gives us differences between origin of Arabic and Arabic language. History of Arabic language states that this language originated in 512 CE whereas history of Arabic language states that this language originated in 512 CE. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Arabic and Arabic Language History.

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Arabic and Arabic Greetings

People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Arabic and Arabic greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Arabic and Arabic language. Arabic word for "Hello" is مرحبا or Arabic word for "Thank You" is شكرا. Find more of such common Arabic Greetings and Arabic Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Arabic vs Arabic Difficulty

The Arabic vs Arabic difficulty level basically depends on the number of Arabic Alphabets and Arabic Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Arabic and Arabic are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Arabic and Arabic, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Arabic is 88 weeks while to learn Arabic time required is 88 weeks.

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