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Countries

Countries
Austria, Belgium, Germany, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Switzerland   
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
7   
8
23   
4

National Language
Germany   
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
North Dakota, United States of America   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Europe   
Africa, Asia   

Minority Language
Czech Republic, Denmark, Former Soviet Union, France, Hungary, Italy, Namibia, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Regulated By
Council for German Orthography   
Academy of the Arabic Language, Arabic Language International Council   

Interesting Facts
  • One of the large group of Indo-Germanic languages is German.
  • The second most popular Germanic language spoken today behind English is German language.
  
  • 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
Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish and English Languages   
Amharic and Hebrew   

Derived From
Albanian Languages   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26   
8
28   
10

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
10   
7
8   
5

How Many Consonants
9   
1
28   
18

Scripts
Latin   
Arabic   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
4   
3

Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks   
9
88 weeks   
13

Greetings

Hello
hallo   
مرحبا   

Thank You
Danke   
شكرا   

How Are You?
Wie geht es dir?   
كيف حالك؟   

Good Night
gute Nacht   
تصبح على خير   

Good Evening
guten Abend   
مساء الخير   

Good Afternoon
guten Tag   
مساء الخير   

Good Morning
guten Morgen   
صباح الخير   

Please
bitte   
من فضلك   

Sorry
Verzeihung   
آسف   

Bye
Tschüs   
وداعا   

I Love You
Ich liebe dich   
أحبك   

Excuse Me
Entschuldigung   
اعذرني   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Swiss German   
Maghrebi   

Where They Speak
Switzerland   
Algeria, Libya, Maghreb, Morocco, Tunisia   

How Many People Speak
4,500,000.00   
18
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Swabian German   
Sudanese   

Where They Speak
Germany   
Sudan   

How Many People Speak
820,000.00   
26
17,000,000.00   
6

Dialect 3
Texas German   
Levantine   

Where They Speak
Texas   
Cyprus, Levant   

How Many People Speak
6,000.00   
35
21,000,000.00   
3

Total No. Of Dialects
28   
23
26   
22

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
229.00 million   
8
452.00 million   
4

Speaking Population
1.39 %   
12
4.43 %   
6

Native Speakers
101.00 million   
10
206.00 million   
6

Second Language Speakers
128.00 million   
5
246.00 million   
2

Native Name
Deutsch   
(al arabiya) العربية   

Alternative Names
Deutsch, Tedesco   
Al-’Arabiyya, Al-Fusha, Literary Arabic   

French Name
allemand   
arabe   

German Name
Deutsch   
Arabisch   

Pronunciation
[ˈdɔʏtʃ]   
/al ʕarabijja/, /ʕarabi/   

Ethnicity
Germans   
Arabs   

History

Origin
6th Century AD   
512 CE   

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

Subgroup
Germanic   
Semitic   

Branch
Western   
North Arabic   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
German Standard German, Swiss Standard German and Austrian Standard German   
Modern Standard Arabic   

Language Position
9   
9
25   
21

Signed Forms
Signed German   
Signed Arabic   

Scope
Individual   
Macrolanguage   

Code

ISO 639 1
de   
ar   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
deu   
ara   

ISO 639 2/B
ger   
ara   

ISO 639 3
deu   
ara   

ISO 639 6
deus   
Not Available   

Glottocode
high1287, uppe1397   
arab1395   

Linguasphere
52-ACB–dl & -dm   
12-AAC   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic   
Fusional, Synthetic   

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German and Arabic Language History

Comparison of German vs Arabic language history gives us differences between origin of German and Arabic language. History of German language states that this language originated in 6th 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 German and Arabic Language History.

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

German vs Arabic Difficulty

The German vs Arabic difficulty level basically depends on the number of German 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 German and Arabic are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in German and Arabic, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn German is 30 weeks while to learn Arabic time required is 88 weeks.

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