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Arabic and Chinese


Countries

Countries
China, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Taiwan  
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  

Total No. Of Countries
5  
10
23  
4

National Language
China, Taiwan  
Algeria, Bahrain, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, United Arab Emirates, Yemen  

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

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Africa, Asia  

Minority Language
Indonesia, Malaysia  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
Chinese Language Standardization Council, National Commission on Language and Script Work, Promote Mandarin Council  
Academy of the Arabic Language, Arabic Language International Council  

Interesting Facts
  • Chinese language is tonal, since meaning of a word changes according to its tone.
  • In Chinese language, there is no grammatical distinction between singular or plural, no declination of verbs according to tense, mood and aspect.
  
  • 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.
  

Similar To
Not Available  
Amharic and Hebrew  

Derived From
Not Available  
Not Available  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
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Arabic.jpg#200  

Alphabets
26  
8
28  
10

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
24  
19
8  
5

How Many Consonants
23  
13
28  
18

Scripts
Chinese Characters and derivatives  
Arabic  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
4  
3

Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks  
13
88 weeks  
13

Greetings

Hello
您好 (Nín hǎo)  
مرحبا  

Thank You
谢谢 (Xièxiè)  
شكرا  

How Are You?
你好吗? (Nǐ hǎo ma?)  
كيف حالك؟  

Good Night
晚安 (Wǎn'ān)  
تصبح على خير  

Good Evening
晚上好 (Wǎnshàng hǎo)  
مساء الخير  

Good Afternoon
下午好 (Xiàwǔ hǎo)  
مساء الخير  

Good Morning
早安 (Zǎo ān)  
صباح الخير  

Please
请 (Qǐng)  
من فضلك  

Sorry
遗憾 (Yíhàn)  
آسف  

Bye
再见 (Zàijiàn)  
وداعا  

I Love You
我爱你 (Wǒ ài nǐ)  
أحبك  

Excuse Me
劳驾 (Láojià)  
اعذرني  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Mandarin  
Maghrebi  

Where They Speak
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan  
Algeria, Libya, Maghreb, Morocco, Tunisia  

How Many People Speak
960,000,000.00  
1
Not Available  

Dialect 2
Wu  
Sudanese  

Where They Speak
China, United States of America  
Sudan  

How Many People Speak
80,000,000.00  
1
17,000,000.00  
6

Dialect 3
Yue  
Levantine  

Where They Speak
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam  
Cyprus, Levant  

How Many People Speak
60,000,000.00  
2
21,000,000.00  
3

Total No. Of Dialects
10  
10
26  
22

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
1,051.00 million  
2
452.00 million  
4

Speaking Population
16.00 %  
2
4.43 %  
6

Native Speakers
873.00 million  
1
206.00 million  
6

Second Language Speakers
178.00 million  
3
246.00 million  
2

Native Name
中文 (zhōngwén)  
(al arabiya) العربية  

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

French Name
chinois  
arabe  

German Name
Chinesisch  
Arabisch  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
/al ʕarabijja/, /ʕarabi/  

Ethnicity
Han  
Arabs  

History

Origin
1250 BC  
512 CE  

Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family  
Afro-Asiatic Family, Semitic Family  

Subgroup
Not Available  
Semitic  

Branch
Not Available  
North Arabic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Standard Chinese  
Modern Standard Arabic  

Language Position
1  
1
25  
21

Signed Forms
Wenfa Shouyu 文法手語 ("Grammatical Sign Language", Signed Mandarin (Taiwan))  
Signed Arabic  

Scope
Individual  
Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
zh  
ar  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
zho  
ara  

ISO 639 2/B
chi  
ara  

ISO 639 3
zho  
ara  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
sini1245  
arab1395  

Linguasphere
79-AAA  
12-AAC  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating  
Fusional, Synthetic  

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All Chinese and Arabic Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Chinese and Arabic dialects. Various dialects of Chinese and Arabic language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Chinese are spoken in different Chinese Speaking Countries whereas Arabic Dialects are spoken in different Arabic speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Chinese vs Arabic Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Chinese dialects include: Mandarin, Wu. Arabic dialects include: Maghrebi , Sudanese. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Chinese and Arabic Speaking population

Chinese and Arabic speaking population is one of the factors based on which Chinese and Arabic languages can be compared. The total count of Chinese and Arabic Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Chinese language is 16.00 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Arabic language is 4.43 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Chinese and Arabic on Chinese vs Arabic where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Chinese and Arabic Language Codes

Chinese and Arabic language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Chinese and Arabic Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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