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Countries

Countries
Barbados, Belize, Botswana, Cameroon, Canada, Dominica, Fiji, Ghana, India, Ireland, Jamaica, Kenya, Malta, Mauritius, Micronesia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Samoa, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Somaliland, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda, United Kingdom, Zambia, Zimbabwe  
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
33  
2
23  
4

National Language
Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Gibraltar, Grenada, Guam, Guyana, Jersey, Montserrat, Nauru, Singapore, Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom, United States of America  
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
India, Nigeria, Pakistan, Singapore  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

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

Minority Language
South Africa  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
Not Available  
Academy of the Arabic Language, Arabic Language International Council  

Interesting Facts
  • Most of the English words begin with the letter S than any other letter.
  • English is third most commonly spoken language in the world.
  
  • 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
Latin  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26  
8
28  
10

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
8  
5

How Many Consonants
21  
11
28  
18

Scripts
Latin  
Arabic  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
7  
6
4  
3

Time Taken to Learn
6 weeks  
3
88 weeks  
13

Greetings

Hello
Hello  
مرحبا  

Thank You
Thank you  
شكرا  

How Are You?
How are you?  
كيف حالك؟  

Good Night
Good Night  
تصبح على خير  

Good Evening
Good Evening  
مساء الخير  

Good Afternoon
Good Afternoon  
مساء الخير  

Good Morning
Good Morning  
صباح الخير  

Please
Please  
من فضلك  

Sorry
Sorry  
آسف  

Bye
Bye  
وداعا  

I Love You
I love you  
أحبك  

Excuse Me
Excuse Me  
اعذرني  

Dialects

Dialect 1
American English  
Maghrebi  

Where They Speak
United States of America  
Algeria, Libya, Maghreb, Morocco, Tunisia  

How Many People Speak
225,000,000.00  
3
Not Available  

Dialect 2
Hiberno-English  
Sudanese  

Where They Speak
Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom  
Sudan  

How Many People Speak
4,500,000.00  
15
17,000,000.00  
6

Dialect 3
Welsh English  
Levantine  

Where They Speak
United Kingdom  
Cyprus, Levant  

How Many People Speak
2,500,000.00  
14
21,000,000.00  
3

Total No. Of Dialects
188  
34
26  
22

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
1,200.00 million  
1
452.00 million  
4

Speaking Population
5.43 %  
4
4.43 %  
6

Native Speakers
400.00 million  
3
206.00 million  
6

Second Language Speakers
400.00 million  
1
246.00 million  
2

Native Name
English  
(al arabiya) العربية  

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

French Name
anglais  
arabe  

German Name
Englisch  
Arabisch  

Pronunciation
/ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ/  
/al ʕarabijja/, /ʕarabi/  

Ethnicity
Not Available  
Arabs  

History

Origin
5th Century AD  
512 CE  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Afro-Asiatic Family, Semitic Family  

Subgroup
Not Available  
Semitic  

Branch
Not Available  
North Arabic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old English, Middle English, Early Modern English and English  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Standard English  
Modern Standard Arabic  

Language Position
3  
3
25  
21

Signed Forms
Signed English  
Signed Arabic  

Scope
Individual  
Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
en  
ar  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
eng  
ara  

ISO 639 2/B
eng  
ara  

ISO 639 3
eng  
ara  

ISO 639 6
engs  
Not Available  

Glottocode
stan1293  
arab1395  

Linguasphere
52-ABA  
12-AAC  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Fusional, Isolating, Synthetic  
Fusional, Synthetic  

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English and Arabic Language History

Comparison of English vs Arabic language history gives us differences between origin of English and Arabic language. History of English language states that this language originated in 5th Century AD whereas history of Arabic language states that this language originated in 512 CE. 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 English and Arabic Language History.

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

English vs Arabic Difficulty

The English vs Arabic difficulty level basically depends on the number of English Alphabets and Arabic 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 English and Arabic are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in English and Arabic, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn English is 6 weeks while to learn Arabic time required is 88 weeks.

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