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
  
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 in
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Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Arabic
  
Arabic
  
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
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
  
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
How Many People Speak?
452.00 million
  
4
452.00 million
  
4
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
  
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
  
Signed Forms
Signed Arabic
  
Signed Arabic
  
Scope
Macrolanguage
  
Macrolanguage
  
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