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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
Chinese.jpg#200   
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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