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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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