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Arabic vs Hindi


Countries

Countries
Fiji, India  
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
2  
13
23  
4

National Language
India  
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
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia, Oceania  
Africa, Asia  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
Central Hindi Directorate  
Academy of the Arabic Language, Arabic Language International Council  

Interesting Facts
  • In Hindi language, nouns are followed by post positions.
  • In Hindi, there are many familiar words in English which are in Hindi or of Hindi origin.
  
  • 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
Urdu  
Amharic and Hebrew  

Derived From
Sanskrit Language  
Not Available  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Hindi.jpg#200  
Arabic.jpg#200  

Alphabets
44  
24
28  
10

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
11  
8
8  
5

How Many Consonants
33  
23
28  
18

Scripts
Devanagari  
Arabic  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4  
3
4  
3

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
88 weeks  
13

Greetings

Hello
नमस्ते (Namastē)  
مرحبا  

Thank You
धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda)  
شكرا  

How Are You?
तुम कैसे हो? (Tuma kaisē hō?)  
كيف حالك؟  

Good Night
शुभरात्रि (Śubharātri)  
تصبح على خير  

Good Evening
शुभ सन्ध्या (shubh sandhya)  
مساء الخير  

Good Afternoon
दोपहर के बाद नमस्कार (dopahar ke bad namaskar)  
مساء الخير  

Good Morning
सुप्रभात (Suprabhāta)  
صباح الخير  

Please
कृपया (Kr̥payā)  
من فضلك  

Sorry
खेद (Khēda)  
آسف  

Bye
अलविदा (Alavidā)  
وداعا  

I Love You
मैं आपसे प्यार करता (Maiṁ āpasē pyāra karatā)  
أحبك  

Excuse Me
मुझे माफ करें (Mujhē māpha karēṁ)  
اعذرني  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Khariboli  
Maghrebi  

Where They Speak
Delhi, Haryana, Western Uttar Pradesh  
Algeria, Libya, Maghreb, Morocco, Tunisia  

How Many People Speak
240,000,000.00  
2
Not Available  

Dialect 2
Marwari  
Sudanese  

Where They Speak
Gujarat, Haryana, Rajasthan, Sindh  
Sudan  

How Many People Speak
22,000,000.00  
3
17,000,000.00  
6

Dialect 3
Bundeli  
Levantine  

Where They Speak
Bundelkhand  
Cyprus, Levant  

How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00  
4
21,000,000.00  
3

Total No. Of Dialects
21  
19
26  
22

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
380.00 million  
5
452.00 million  
4

Speaking Population
4.70 %  
5
4.43 %  
6

Native Speakers
260.00 million  
4
206.00 million  
6

Second Language Speakers
120.00 million  
6
246.00 million  
2

Native Name
हिन्दी  
(al arabiya) العربية  

Alternative Names
Khadi Boli, Khari Boli  
Al-’Arabiyya, Al-Fusha, Literary Arabic  

French Name
hindi  
arabe  

German Name
Hindi  
Arabisch  

Pronunciation
[ˈmaːnək ˈɦin̪d̪iː]  
/al ʕarabijja/, /ʕarabi/  

Ethnicity
Hindustani people  
Arabs  

History

Origin
7th Century  
512 CE  

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

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian  
Semitic  

Branch
Indic  
North Arabic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Standard Hindi  
Modern Standard Arabic  

Language Position
5  
5
25  
21

Signed Forms
Indian Signing System  
Signed Arabic  

Scope
Individual  
Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
hi  
ar  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
hin  
ara  

ISO 639 2/B
hin  
ara  

ISO 639 3
hin  
ara  

ISO 639 6
hins  
Not Available  

Glottocode
hind1269  
arab1395  

Linguasphere
59-AAF-qf  
12-AAC  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic  
Fusional, Synthetic  

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Hindi and Arabic Language History

Comparison of Hindi vs Arabic language history gives us differences between origin of Hindi and Arabic language. History of Hindi language states that this language originated in 7th Century 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 Hindi and Arabic Language History.

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

Hindi vs Arabic Difficulty

The Hindi vs Arabic difficulty level basically depends on the number of Hindi 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 Hindi and Arabic are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Hindi and Arabic, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Hindi is 44 weeks while to learn Arabic time required is 88 weeks.

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