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Japanese 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  
Japan  

Total No. Of Countries
23  
4
1  
14

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  
Japan  

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

Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia  
Asia, Pacific  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Palau  

Regulated By
Academy of the Arabic Language, Arabic Language International Council  
Agency for Cultural Affairs (文化庁) at the Ministry of Education  

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 Japanese Language, there are 4 different ways to address people: kun, chan, san and sama.
  • There are many words in Japanese language which end with vowel letter, which determines the structure and rhythm of Japanese.
  

Similar To
Amharic and Hebrew  
Korean Language  

Derived From
Not Available  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
28  
10
99  
40

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8  
5
5  
2

How Many Consonants
28  
18
14  
4

Scripts
Arabic  
Kana  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4  
3
5  
4

Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks  
13
88 weeks  
13

Greetings

Hello
مرحبا  
こんにちは (Kon'nichiwa)  

Thank You
شكرا  
ありがとう (Arigatō)  

How Are You?
كيف حالك؟  
お元気ですか (O genki desu ka?)  

Good Night
تصبح على خير  
おやすみなさい (Oyasuminasai)  

Good Evening
مساء الخير  
こんばんは (Konbanwa)  

Good Afternoon
مساء الخير  
こんにちは (Konnichiwa!)  

Good Morning
صباح الخير  
おはよう (Ohayō)  

Please
من فضلك  
お願いします (Onegaishimasu)  

Sorry
آسف  
ごめんなさい (Gomen'nasai)  

Bye
وداعا  
さようなら (Sayōnara)  

I Love You
أحبك  
愛しています (Aishiteimasu)  

Excuse Me
اعذرني  
すみません (Sumimasen)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Maghrebi  
Sanuki  

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

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
1,000,000.00  
28

Dialect 2
Sudanese  
Hakata  

Where They Speak
Sudan  
Fukuoka  

How Many People Speak
17,000,000.00  
6
Not Available  

Dialect 3
Levantine  
Kansai  

Where They Speak
Cyprus, Levant  
kansai  

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

Total No. Of Dialects
26  
22
31  
25

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
452.00 million  
4
128.00 million  
14

Speaking Population
4.43 %  
6
1.90 %  
10

Native Speakers
206.00 million  
6
128.00 million  
9

Second Language Speakers
246.00 million  
2
Not Available  

Native Name
(al arabiya) العربية  
日本語  

Alternative Names
Al-’Arabiyya, Al-Fusha, Literary Arabic  
Not Available  

French Name
arabe  
japonais  

German Name
Arabisch  
Japanisch  

Pronunciation
/al ʕarabijja/, /ʕarabi/  
/nihoɴɡo/: [nihõŋɡo], [nihõŋŋo]  

Ethnicity
Arabs  
Japanese (Yamato)  

History

Origin
512 CE  
1185  

Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family, Semitic Family  
Japonic Family  

Subgroup
Semitic  
Not Available  

Branch
North Arabic  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Old Japanese, Early Middle Japanese, Late Middle Japanese and Early Modern Japanese  

Standard Forms
Modern Standard Arabic  
Japanese  

Language Position
25  
21
8  
8

Signed Forms
Signed Arabic  
Signed Japanese  

Scope
Macrolanguage  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ar  
ja  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ara  
jpn  

ISO 639 2/B
ara  
jpn  

ISO 639 3
ara  
jpn  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
arab1395  
nucl1643  

Linguasphere
12-AAC  
45-CAA-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic  
Agglutinative, Synthetic  

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Arabic and Japanese Language History

Comparison of Arabic vs Japanese language history gives us differences between origin of Arabic and Japanese language. History of Arabic language states that this language originated in 512 CE whereas history of Japanese language states that this language originated in 1185. 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 Japanese Language History.

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

Arabic vs Japanese Difficulty

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

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