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
  
West Java
  
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
  
Indonesia
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia
  
Asia
  
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
  
Not Available
  
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.
  
- The Sundanese language is second most widely spoken regional language in Indonesia.
  
Similar To
Amharic and Hebrew
  
Madurese and Malay Languages
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
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Sundanese-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Alphabets
Not Available
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Arabic
  
Latin, Sundanese
  
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Language Levels
Not Available
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
Hello
مرحبا
  
Halo
  
Thank You
شكرا
  
Nuhun
  
How Are You?
كيف حالك؟
  
Kumaha kabarna?
  
Good Night
تصبح على خير
  
Wilujeng kulem
  
Good Evening
مساء الخير
  
Wilujeng wengi
  
Good Afternoon
مساء الخير
  
Wilujeng siang
  
Good Morning
صباح الخير
  
Wilujeng énjing
  
Please
من فضلك
  
Mangga
  
Sorry
آسف
  
Hapunten
  
Bye
وداعا
  
Wilujeng angkat
  
I Love You
أحبك
  
Abdi bogoh ka anjeun
  
Excuse Me
اعذرني
  
Punten
  
Dialect 1
Maghrebi
  
Western dialect
  
Where They Speak
Algeria, Libya, Maghreb, Morocco, Tunisia
  
Banten
  
Dialect 2
Sudanese
  
Northern dialect
  
Where They Speak
Sudan
  
Bogor
  
How Many People Speak
17,000,000.00
  
6
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Levantine
  
Priangan dialect
  
Where They Speak
Cyprus, Levant
  
Bandung
  
How Many People Speak
21,000,000.00
  
3
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
452.00 million
  
4
39.00 million
  
32
Native Speakers
206.00 million
  
6
38.00 million
  
26
Second Language Speakers
246.00 million
  
2
Not Available
  
Native Name
(al arabiya) العربية
  
Not Available
  
Alternative Names
Al-’Arabiyya, Al-Fusha, Literary Arabic
  
Priangan, Sunda
  
French Name
arabe
  
soundanais
  
German Name
Arabisch
  
Sundanesisch
  
Pronunciation
/al ʕarabijja/, /ʕarabi/
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Arabs
  
Sundanese, Bantenese, Cirebonese, Badui
  
Origin
512 CE
  
5th century AD
  
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family, Semitic Family
  
Austronesian Family
  
Subgroup
Semitic
  
Indonesian
  
Branch
North Arabic
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Modern Standard Arabic
  
Sundanese
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Signed Arabic
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Macrolanguage
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
ar
  
su
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
ara
  
sun
  
ISO 639 2/B
ara
  
sun
  
ISO 639 3
ara
  
sun
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
arab1395
  
sund1251
  
Linguasphere
12-AAC
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
  
Not Available
  
Arabic and Sundanese 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 Sundanese greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Arabic and Sundanese language. Arabic word for "Hello" is مرحبا or Sundanese word for "Thank You" is Nuhun. Find more of such common Arabic Greetings and Sundanese Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Arabic vs Sundanese Difficulty
The Arabic vs Sundanese difficulty level basically depends on the number of Arabic Alphabets and Sundanese 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 Sundanese are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Arabic and Sundanese, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Arabic is 88 weeks while to learn Sundanese time required is Not Available.