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Chinese 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  
China, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Taiwan  

Total No. Of Countries
23  
4
5  
10

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  
China, Taiwan  

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

Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia  
Asia  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Indonesia, Malaysia  

Regulated By
Academy of the Arabic Language, Arabic Language International Council  
Chinese Language Standardization Council, National Commission on Language and Script Work, Promote Mandarin 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.
  
  • Chinese language is tonal, since meaning of a word changes according to its tone.
  • In Chinese language, there is no grammatical distinction between singular or plural, no declination of verbs according to tense, mood and aspect.
  

Similar To
Amharic and Hebrew  
Not Available  

Derived From
Not Available  
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Alphabets

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

Alphabets
28  
10
26  
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8  
5
24  
19

How Many Consonants
28  
18
23  
13

Scripts
Arabic  
Chinese Characters and derivatives  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4  
3
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks  
13
88 weeks  
13

Greetings

Hello
مرحبا  
您好 (Nín hǎo)  

Thank You
شكرا  
谢谢 (Xièxiè)  

How Are You?
كيف حالك؟  
你好吗? (Nǐ hǎo ma?)  

Good Night
تصبح على خير  
晚安 (Wǎn'ān)  

Good Evening
مساء الخير  
晚上好 (Wǎnshàng hǎo)  

Good Afternoon
مساء الخير  
下午好 (Xiàwǔ hǎo)  

Good Morning
صباح الخير  
早安 (Zǎo ān)  

Please
من فضلك  
请 (Qǐng)  

Sorry
آسف  
遗憾 (Yíhàn)  

Bye
وداعا  
再见 (Zàijiàn)  

I Love You
أحبك  
我爱你 (Wǒ ài nǐ)  

Excuse Me
اعذرني  
劳驾 (Láojià)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Maghrebi  
Mandarin  

Where They Speak
Algeria, Libya, Maghreb, Morocco, Tunisia  
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
960,000,000.00  
1

Dialect 2
Sudanese  
Wu  

Where They Speak
Sudan  
China, United States of America  

How Many People Speak
17,000,000.00  
6
80,000,000.00  
1

Dialect 3
Levantine  
Yue  

Where They Speak
Cyprus, Levant  
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam  

How Many People Speak
21,000,000.00  
3
60,000,000.00  
2

Total No. Of Dialects
26  
22
10  
10

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
452.00 million  
4
1,051.00 million  
2

Speaking Population
4.43 %  
6
16.00 %  
2

Native Speakers
206.00 million  
6
873.00 million  
1

Second Language Speakers
246.00 million  
2
178.00 million  
3

Native Name
(al arabiya) العربية  
中文 (zhōngwén)  

Alternative Names
Al-’Arabiyya, Al-Fusha, Literary Arabic  
Not Available  

French Name
arabe  
chinois  

German Name
Arabisch  
Chinesisch  

Pronunciation
/al ʕarabijja/, /ʕarabi/  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Arabs  
Han  

History

Origin
512 CE  
1250 BC  

Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family, Semitic Family  
Sino-Tibetan Family  

Subgroup
Semitic  
Not Available  

Branch
North Arabic  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Modern Standard Arabic  
Standard Chinese  

Language Position
25  
21
1  
1

Signed Forms
Signed Arabic  
Wenfa Shouyu 文法手語 ("Grammatical Sign Language", Signed Mandarin (Taiwan))  

Scope
Macrolanguage  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ar  
zh  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ara  
zho  

ISO 639 2/B
ara  
chi  

ISO 639 3
ara  
zho  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
arab1395  
sini1245  

Linguasphere
12-AAC  
79-AAA  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic  
Analytic, Isolating  

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Arabic and Chinese Language History

Comparison of Arabic vs Chinese language history gives us differences between origin of Arabic and Chinese language. History of Arabic language states that this language originated in 512 CE whereas history of Chinese language states that this language originated in 1250 BC. 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 Chinese Language History.

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Arabic and Chinese 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 Chinese greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Arabic and Chinese language. Arabic word for "Hello" is مرحبا or Chinese word for "Thank You" is 谢谢 (Xièxiè). Find more of such common Arabic Greetings and Chinese Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Arabic vs Chinese Difficulty

The Arabic vs Chinese difficulty level basically depends on the number of Arabic Alphabets and Chinese 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 Chinese are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Arabic and Chinese, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Arabic is 88 weeks while to learn Chinese time required is 88 weeks.

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