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Arabic vs Italian


Italian 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   
Croatia, European Union, Italy, San Marino, Slovenia, Switzerland, Vatican City   

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   
Italy, San Marino, Switzerland, Vatican City   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Albania, Croatia, Malta, Slovenia   

Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia   
Europe   

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Crimea, Eritrea, France, Libya, Monaco, Montenegro, Romania, Somalia   

Regulated By
Academy of the Arabic Language, Arabic Language International Council   
Accademia della Crusca (Academy of the bran)   

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 most romantic and melodic language in the history of the world is Italian.
  • Italian Language is in the top three of the most widely spoken European languages in Europe.
  

Similar To
Amharic and Hebrew   
French and Portuguese Languages   

Derived From
Not Available   
Latin   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
28   
10
21   
3

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8   
5
5   
2

How Many Consonants
28   
18
16   
6

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
24 weeks   
6

Greetings

Hello
مرحبا   
ciao   

Thank You
شكرا   
grazie   

How Are You?
كيف حالك؟   
Come stai?   

Good Night
تصبح على خير   
buonanotte   

Good Evening
مساء الخير   
buonasera   

Good Afternoon
مساء الخير   
buon pomeriggio   

Good Morning
صباح الخير   
buongiorno   

Please
من فضلك   
Per Favore   

Sorry
آسف   
scusate   

Bye
وداعا   
arrivederci   

I Love You
أحبك   
Ti amo   

Excuse Me
اعذرني   
Scusami   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Maghrebi   
Romanesco   

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

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
3,000,000.00   
21

Dialect 2
Sudanese   
Central Italian   

Where They Speak
Sudan   
Abruzzo, central Marche, Lazio, south Tuscany, Umbria   

How Many People Speak
17,000,000.00   
6
5,000,000.00   
14

Dialect 3
Levantine   
Tuscan   

Where They Speak
Cyprus, Levant   
Corsica, Gallura, Haute-Corse, Sardinia, Tuscany, Umbria   

How Many People Speak
21,000,000.00   
3
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
26   
22
15   
14

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
452.00 million   
4
78.00 million   
21

Speaking Population
4.43 %   
6
0.90 %   
22

Native Speakers
206.00 million   
6
64.00 million   
18

Second Language Speakers
246.00 million   
2
14.00 million   
20

Native Name
(al arabiya) العربية   
Italiano   

Alternative Names
Al-’Arabiyya, Al-Fusha, Literary Arabic   
Italiano   

French Name
arabe   
italien   

German Name
Arabisch   
Italienisch   

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

Ethnicity
Arabs   
Italians   

History

Origin
512 CE   
960 BC   

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

Subgroup
Semitic   
Romance   

Branch
North Arabic   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Modern Standard Arabic   
Italian   

Language Position
25   
21
27   
23

Signed Forms
Signed Arabic   
italiano segnato "Signed Italian" & italiano segnato esatto "Signed Exact Italian"   

Scope
Macrolanguage   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
ar   
it   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ara   
ita   

ISO 639 2/B
ara   
ita   

ISO 639 3
ara   
ita   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
itas   

Glottocode
arab1395   
ital1282   

Linguasphere
12-AAC   
51-AAA-q   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic   
Fusional, Synthetic   

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Arabic and Italian Language History

Comparison of Arabic vs Italian language history gives us differences between origin of Arabic and Italian language. History of Arabic language states that this language originated in 512 CE whereas history of Italian language states that this language originated in 960 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 Italian Language History.

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

Arabic vs Italian Difficulty

The Arabic vs Italian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Arabic Alphabets and Italian 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 Italian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Arabic and Italian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Arabic is 88 weeks while to learn Italian time required is 24 weeks.

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