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Arabic vs Hindi


Hindi 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  
Fiji, India  

Total No. Of Countries
23  
4
2  
13

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  
India  

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

Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia  
Asia, Oceania  

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  
Central Hindi Directorate  

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.
  
  • In Hindi language, nouns are followed by post positions.
  • In Hindi, there are many familiar words in English which are in Hindi or of Hindi origin.
  

Similar To
Amharic and Hebrew  
Urdu  

Derived From
Not Available  
Sanskrit Language  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
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Hindi.jpg#200  

Alphabets
28  
10
44  
24

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8  
5
11  
8

How Many Consonants
28  
18
33  
23

Scripts
Arabic  
Devanagari  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4  
3
4  
3

Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks  
13
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
مرحبا  
नमस्ते (Namastē)  

Thank You
شكرا  
धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda)  

How Are You?
كيف حالك؟  
तुम कैसे हो? (Tuma kaisē hō?)  

Good Night
تصبح على خير  
शुभरात्रि (Śubharātri)  

Good Evening
مساء الخير  
शुभ सन्ध्या (shubh sandhya)  

Good Afternoon
مساء الخير  
दोपहर के बाद नमस्कार (dopahar ke bad namaskar)  

Good Morning
صباح الخير  
सुप्रभात (Suprabhāta)  

Please
من فضلك  
कृपया (Kr̥payā)  

Sorry
آسف  
खेद (Khēda)  

Bye
وداعا  
अलविदा (Alavidā)  

I Love You
أحبك  
मैं आपसे प्यार करता (Maiṁ āpasē pyāra karatā)  

Excuse Me
اعذرني  
मुझे माफ करें (Mujhē māpha karēṁ)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Maghrebi  
Khariboli  

Where They Speak
Algeria, Libya, Maghreb, Morocco, Tunisia  
Delhi, Haryana, Western Uttar Pradesh  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
240,000,000.00  
2

Dialect 2
Sudanese  
Marwari  

Where They Speak
Sudan  
Gujarat, Haryana, Rajasthan, Sindh  

How Many People Speak
17,000,000.00  
6
22,000,000.00  
3

Dialect 3
Levantine  
Bundeli  

Where They Speak
Cyprus, Levant  
Bundelkhand  

How Many People Speak
21,000,000.00  
3
20,000,000.00  
4

Total No. Of Dialects
26  
22
21  
19

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
452.00 million  
4
380.00 million  
5

Speaking Population
4.43 %  
6
4.70 %  
5

Native Speakers
206.00 million  
6
260.00 million  
4

Second Language Speakers
246.00 million  
2
120.00 million  
6

Native Name
(al arabiya) العربية  
हिन्दी  

Alternative Names
Al-’Arabiyya, Al-Fusha, Literary Arabic  
Khadi Boli, Khari Boli  

French Name
arabe  
hindi  

German Name
Arabisch  
Hindi  

Pronunciation
/al ʕarabijja/, /ʕarabi/  
[ˈmaːnək ˈɦin̪d̪iː]  

Ethnicity
Arabs  
Hindustani people  

History

Origin
512 CE  
7th Century  

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

Subgroup
Semitic  
Indo-Iranian  

Branch
North Arabic  
Indic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Modern Standard Arabic  
Standard Hindi  

Language Position
25  
21
5  
5

Signed Forms
Signed Arabic  
Indian Signing System  

Scope
Macrolanguage  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ar  
hi  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ara  
hin  

ISO 639 2/B
ara  
hin  

ISO 639 3
ara  
hin  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
hins  

Glottocode
arab1395  
hind1269  

Linguasphere
12-AAC  
59-AAF-qf  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
Not Available  

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic  
Fusional, Synthetic  

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Arabic and Hindi Language History

Comparison of Arabic vs Hindi language history gives us differences between origin of Arabic and Hindi language. History of Arabic language states that this language originated in 512 CE whereas history of Hindi language states that this language originated in 7th Century. 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 Hindi Language History.

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

Arabic vs Hindi Difficulty

The Arabic vs Hindi difficulty level basically depends on the number of Arabic Alphabets and Hindi 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 Hindi are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Arabic and Hindi, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Arabic is 88 weeks while to learn Hindi time required is 44 weeks.

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