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
Israel
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
Israel
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Israel
Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia
Africa, Asia, Europe
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Poland
Regulated By
Academy of the Arabic Language, Arabic Language International Council
Academy of the Hebrew Language
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.
- The original language of Bible is Hebrew.
- The men and women use different verbs in hebrew language.
Similar To
Amharic and Hebrew
Arabic and Aramaic languages
Derived From
Not Available
Aramaic Language
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Hello
مرحبا
שלום (Shalom)
Thank You
شكرا
תודה (Toda)
How Are You?
كيف حالك؟
מה שלומך? (ma shlomxa)
Good Night
تصبح على خير
לילה טוב (Laila tov)
Good Evening
مساء الخير
ערב טוב (Erev tov)
Good Afternoon
مساء الخير
אחר צהריים טובים (Achar tzahara'im tovim)
Good Morning
صباح الخير
בוקר טוב (Boker tov)
Please
من فضلك
בבקשה (bevekshah)
Sorry
آسف
סליחה! (Slicha)
Bye
وداعا
להתראות (Lehitraot)
I Love You
أحبك
אני אוהבת אותך (Ani ohevet otcha)
Dialect 1
Maghrebi
Ashkenazi Hebrew
Where They Speak
Algeria, Libya, Maghreb, Morocco, Tunisia
Israel
Dialect 2
Sudanese
Samaritan Hebrew
Where They Speak
Sudan
Israel, Palestine
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Levantine
Yemenite Hebrew
Where They Speak
Cyprus, Levant
Israel
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Speaking Population
Not Available
Native Name
(al arabiya) العربية
עברית / עִבְרִית (ivrit)
Alternative Names
Al-’Arabiyya, Al-Fusha, Literary Arabic
Israeli, Ivrit
German Name
Arabisch
Hebräisch
Pronunciation
/al ʕarabijja/, /ʕarabi/
[(ʔ)ivˈʁit] - [(ʔ)ivˈɾit]
Ethnicity
Arabs
Not Available
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family, Semitic Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Branch
North Arabic
Canaanitic
Early Forms
No early forms
Biblical Hebrew, Mishnaic Hebrew, Medieval Hebrew, Hebrew
Standard Forms
Modern Standard Arabic
Modern Hebrew
Signed Forms
Signed Arabic
Signed Hebrew
Scope
Macrolanguage
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
arab1395
hebr1246
Linguasphere
12-AAC
12-AAB-a
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object, Verb-Subject-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
Fusional, Synthetic
Arabic and Hebrew 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 Hebrew greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Arabic and Hebrew language. Arabic word for "Hello" is مرحبا or Hebrew word for "Thank You" is תודה (Toda). Find more of such common Arabic Greetings and Hebrew Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Arabic vs Hebrew Difficulty
The Arabic vs Hebrew difficulty level basically depends on the number of Arabic Alphabets and Hebrew 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 Hebrew are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Arabic and Hebrew, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Arabic is 88 weeks while to learn Hebrew time required is 44 weeks.
