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Spanish 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  
Andora, Argentina, Aruba, Australia, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gibraltar, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica, Latvia, Luxembourg, Mexico, Morocco, Namibia, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Norway, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Russia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, Uruguay, Venezuela, Western Sahara  

Total No. Of Countries
23  
4
46  
1

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  
Spain  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Andora, Aruba, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Belize, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Luxembourg, Morocco, Netherlands, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Slovenia, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, US Virgin Islands  

Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia  
Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, South America  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Brazil, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Morocco, United Kingdom  

Regulated By
Academy of the Arabic Language, Arabic Language International Council  
Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española  

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 world's most phonetic language is Spanish.
  • Up to the 18th century, Spanish was diplomatic language.
  

Similar To
Amharic and Hebrew  
French Language  

Derived From
Not Available  
Latin  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
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Spanish-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
28  
10
27  
9

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8  
5
5  
2

How Many Consonants
28  
18
22  
12

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  
hola  

Thank You
شكرا  
Gracias  

How Are You?
كيف حالك؟  
Cómo estás?  

Good Night
تصبح على خير  
Buenas Noches  

Good Evening
مساء الخير  
Bonne soirée  

Good Afternoon
مساء الخير  
Buenas Tardes  

Good Morning
صباح الخير  
Buenos Días  

Please
من فضلك  
Por Favor  

Sorry
آسف  
triste  

Bye
وداعا  
adiós  

I Love You
أحبك  
Te Quiero  

Excuse Me
اعذرني  
Discúlpeme  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Maghrebi  
Mexican Spanish  

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

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
105,000,000.00  
5

Dialect 2
Sudanese  
Cuban Spanish  

Where They Speak
Sudan  
Cuba  

How Many People Speak
17,000,000.00  
6
11,000,000.00  
8

Dialect 3
Levantine  
Puerto Rican Spanish  

Where They Speak
Cyprus, Levant  
Puerto Rico  

How Many People Speak
21,000,000.00  
3
3,900,000.00  
9

Total No. Of Dialects
26  
22
21  
19

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
452.00 million  
4
489.00 million  
3

Speaking Population
4.43 %  
6
6.15 %  
3

Native Speakers
206.00 million  
6
410.00 million  
2

Second Language Speakers
246.00 million  
2
89.50 million  
9

Native Name
(al arabiya) العربية  
Español  

Alternative Names
Al-’Arabiyya, Al-Fusha, Literary Arabic  
Castellano, Castilian, Español  

French Name
arabe  
espagnol; castillan  

German Name
Arabisch  
Spanisch  

Pronunciation
/al ʕarabijja/, /ʕarabi/  
[espaˈɲol], [kasteˈʎano]  

Ethnicity
Arabs  
Not Available  

History

Origin
512 CE  
210 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  
Old Spanish and Spanish  

Standard Forms
Modern Standard Arabic  
Pluricentric Standard Spanish  

Language Position
25  
21
2  
2

Signed Forms
Signed Arabic  
Signed Spanish  

Scope
Macrolanguage  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ar  
es  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ara  
spa  

ISO 639 2/B
ara  
spa  

ISO 639 3
ara  
spa  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
arab1395  
stan1288  

Linguasphere
12-AAC  
51-AAA-b  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic  
Fusional, Synthetic  

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Arabic and Spanish Language History

Comparison of Arabic vs Spanish language history gives us differences between origin of Arabic and Spanish language. History of Arabic language states that this language originated in 512 CE whereas history of Spanish language states that this language originated in 210 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 Spanish Language History.

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

Arabic vs Spanish Difficulty

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

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