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German 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   
Austria, Belgium, Germany, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Switzerland   

Total No. Of Countries
23   
4
7   
8

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   
Germany   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
North Dakota, United States of America   

Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia   
Europe   

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Czech Republic, Denmark, Former Soviet Union, France, Hungary, Italy, Namibia, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia   

Regulated By
Academy of the Arabic Language, Arabic Language International Council   
Council for German Orthography   

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.
  
  • One of the large group of Indo-Germanic languages is German.
  • The second most popular Germanic language spoken today behind English is German language.
  

Similar To
Amharic and Hebrew   
Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish and English Languages   

Derived From
Not Available   
Albanian Languages   

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Arabic.jpg#200   
German-Alphabets.jpg#200   

Alphabets
28   
10
26   
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8   
5
10   
7

How Many Consonants
28   
18
9   
1

Scripts
Arabic   
Latin   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4   
3
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks   
13
30 weeks   
9

Greetings

Hello
مرحبا   
hallo   

Thank You
شكرا   
Danke   

How Are You?
كيف حالك؟   
Wie geht es dir?   

Good Night
تصبح على خير   
gute Nacht   

Good Evening
مساء الخير   
guten Abend   

Good Afternoon
مساء الخير   
guten Tag   

Good Morning
صباح الخير   
guten Morgen   

Please
من فضلك   
bitte   

Sorry
آسف   
Verzeihung   

Bye
وداعا   
Tschüs   

I Love You
أحبك   
Ich liebe dich   

Excuse Me
اعذرني   
Entschuldigung   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Maghrebi   
Swiss German   

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

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
4,500,000.00   
18

Dialect 2
Sudanese   
Swabian German   

Where They Speak
Sudan   
Germany   

How Many People Speak
17,000,000.00   
6
820,000.00   
26

Dialect 3
Levantine   
Texas German   

Where They Speak
Cyprus, Levant   
Texas   

How Many People Speak
21,000,000.00   
3
6,000.00   
35

Total No. Of Dialects
26   
22
28   
23

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
452.00 million   
4
229.00 million   
8

Speaking Population
4.43 %   
6
1.39 %   
12

Native Speakers
206.00 million   
6
101.00 million   
10

Second Language Speakers
246.00 million   
2
128.00 million   
5

Native Name
(al arabiya) العربية   
Deutsch   

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

French Name
arabe   
allemand   

German Name
Arabisch   
Deutsch   

Pronunciation
/al ʕarabijja/, /ʕarabi/   
[ˈdɔʏtʃ]   

Ethnicity
Arabs   
Germans   

History

Origin
512 CE   
6th Century AD   

Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family, Semitic Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Semitic   
Germanic   

Branch
North Arabic   
Western   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Modern Standard Arabic   
German Standard German, Swiss Standard German and Austrian Standard German   

Language Position
25   
21
9   
9

Signed Forms
Signed Arabic   
Signed German   

Scope
Macrolanguage   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
ar   
de   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ara   
deu   

ISO 639 2/B
ara   
ger   

ISO 639 3
ara   
deu   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
deus   

Glottocode
arab1395   
high1287, uppe1397   

Linguasphere
12-AAC   
52-ACB–dl & -dm   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic   
Fusional, Synthetic   

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Arabic and German Language History

Comparison of Arabic vs German language history gives us differences between origin of Arabic and German language. History of Arabic language states that this language originated in 512 CE whereas history of German language states that this language originated in 6th Century AD. 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 German Language History.

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

Arabic vs German Difficulty

The Arabic vs German difficulty level basically depends on the number of Arabic Alphabets and German 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 German are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Arabic and German, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Arabic is 88 weeks while to learn German time required is 30 weeks.

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