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
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 in
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
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
I Love You
I love you
أحبك
Excuse Me
Excuse Me
اعذرني
Dialect 1
American English
Maghrebi
Where They Speak
United States of America
Algeria, Libya, Maghreb, Morocco, Tunisia
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Hiberno-English
Sudanese
Where They Speak
Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom
Sudan
Dialect 3
Welsh English
Levantine
Where They Speak
United Kingdom
Cyprus, Levant
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
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
Early Forms
Old English, Middle English, Early Modern English and English
No early forms
Standard Forms
Standard English
Modern Standard Arabic
Signed Forms
Signed English
Signed Arabic
Scope
Individual
Macrolanguage
ISO 639 6
engs
Not Available
Glottocode
stan1293
arab1395
Linguasphere
52-ABA
12-AAC
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Fusional, Isolating, Synthetic
Fusional, Synthetic
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.