Countries
Belgium, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Canada, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo, Cote d'Ivoire, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gabon, Guernesey, Guinea, Haiti, Italy, Jersey, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritius, Monaco, Niger, Rwanda, Senegal, Seychelles, Switzerland, Togo, Vanuatu
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
France
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
Africa, Canada
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, Pacific, South America
Africa, Asia
Minority Language
Brazil, Cambodia, United States of America, Vietnam
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Académie française (French Academy), Office québécois de la langue française
Academy of the Arabic Language, Arabic Language International Council
Interesting Facts
- French is the only language, with English, that is taught in every country of the world.
- French is the top language in Culinary Scene.
- 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
Italian Language
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?
Comment allez-vous?
كيف حالك؟
Good Night
bonne Nuit
تصبح على خير
Good Evening
bonsoir
مساء الخير
Good Afternoon
bon Après-Midi
مساء الخير
Good Morning
Bonjour
صباح الخير
Please
S'il vous plaît
من فضلك
I Love You
Je t'aime
أحبك
Excuse Me
Excuse Moi
اعذرني
Dialect 1
Quebec French
Maghrebi
Where They Speak
New Brunswick, New England, Ontario, Quebec, Western Canada
Algeria, Libya, Maghreb, Morocco, Tunisia
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
African French
Sudanese
Where They Speak
Africa
Sudan
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Swiss French
Levantine
Where They Speak
Northeast France, Switzerland
Cyprus, Levant
Native Name
français
(al arabiya) العربية
Alternative Names
Français
Al-’Arabiyya, Al-Fusha, Literary Arabic
French Name
français
arabe
German Name
Französisch
Arabisch
Pronunciation
[fʁɑ̃sɛ]
/al ʕarabijja/, /ʕarabi/
Ethnicity
Not Available
Arabs
Origin
9th Century
512 CE
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Afro-Asiatic Family, Semitic Family
Branch
Not Available
North Arabic
Early Forms
Old French, Middle French and French
No early forms
Standard Forms
Standard French
Modern Standard Arabic
Signed Forms
le Français Signé (Signed French, France)
Signed Arabic
Scope
Individual
Macrolanguage
ISO 639 6
fras
Not Available
Glottocode
stan1290
arab1395
Linguasphere
51-AAA-i
12-AAC
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
Fusional, Synthetic
French 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 French and Arabic greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in French and Arabic language. French word for "Hello" is bonjour or Arabic word for "Thank You" is شكرا. Find more of such common French Greetings and Arabic Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
French vs Arabic Difficulty
The French vs Arabic difficulty level basically depends on the number of French 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 French and Arabic are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in French and Arabic, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn French is 24 weeks while to learn Arabic time required is 88 weeks.
