Home
Languagevs


Italian vs Arabic


Arabic vs Italian


Countries

Countries
Croatia, European Union, Italy, San Marino, Slovenia, Switzerland, Vatican City  
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
Italy, San Marino, Switzerland, Vatican City  
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
Albania, Croatia, Malta, Slovenia  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Africa, Asia  

Minority Language
Crimea, Eritrea, France, Libya, Monaco, Montenegro, Romania, Somalia  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
Accademia della Crusca (Academy of the bran)  
Academy of the Arabic Language, Arabic Language International Council  

Interesting Facts
  • One of the most romantic and melodic language in the history of the world is Italian.
  • Italian Language is in the top three of the most widely spoken European languages in Europe.
  
  • 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
French and Portuguese Languages  
Amharic and Hebrew  

Derived From
Latin  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
21  
3
28  
10

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
8  
5

How Many Consonants
16  
6
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
24 weeks  
6
88 weeks  
13

Greetings

Hello
ciao  
مرحبا  

Thank You
grazie  
شكرا  

How Are You?
Come stai?  
كيف حالك؟  

Good Night
buonanotte  
تصبح على خير  

Good Evening
buonasera  
مساء الخير  

Good Afternoon
buon pomeriggio  
مساء الخير  

Good Morning
buongiorno  
صباح الخير  

Please
Per Favore  
من فضلك  

Sorry
scusate  
آسف  

Bye
arrivederci  
وداعا  

I Love You
Ti amo  
أحبك  

Excuse Me
Scusami  
اعذرني  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Romanesco  
Maghrebi  

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

How Many People Speak
3,000,000.00  
21
Not Available  

Dialect 2
Central Italian  
Sudanese  

Where They Speak
Abruzzo, central Marche, Lazio, south Tuscany, Umbria  
Sudan  

How Many People Speak
5,000,000.00  
14
17,000,000.00  
6

Dialect 3
Tuscan  
Levantine  

Where They Speak
Corsica, Gallura, Haute-Corse, Sardinia, Tuscany, Umbria  
Cyprus, Levant  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
21,000,000.00  
3

Total No. Of Dialects
15  
14
26  
22

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
78.00 million  
21
452.00 million  
4

Speaking Population
0.90 %  
22
4.43 %  
6

Native Speakers
64.00 million  
18
206.00 million  
6

Second Language Speakers
14.00 million  
20
246.00 million  
2

Native Name
Italiano  
(al arabiya) العربية  

Alternative Names
Italiano  
Al-’Arabiyya, Al-Fusha, Literary Arabic  

French Name
italien  
arabe  

German Name
Italienisch  
Arabisch  

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

Ethnicity
Italians  
Arabs  

History

Origin
960 BC  
512 CE  

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

Subgroup
Romance  
Semitic  

Branch
Not Available  
North Arabic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Italian  
Modern Standard Arabic  

Language Position
27  
23
25  
21

Signed Forms
italiano segnato "Signed Italian" & italiano segnato esatto "Signed Exact Italian"  
Signed Arabic  

Scope
Individual  
Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
it  
ar  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ita  
ara  

ISO 639 2/B
ita  
ara  

ISO 639 3
ita  
ara  

ISO 639 6
itas  
Not Available  

Glottocode
ital1282  
arab1395  

Linguasphere
51-AAA-q  
12-AAC  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic  
Fusional, Synthetic  

Countries >>
<< All

Italian and Arabic Language History

Comparison of Italian vs Arabic language history gives us differences between origin of Italian and Arabic language. History of Italian language states that this language originated in 960 BC 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 Italian and Arabic Language History.

Compare Most Difficult Languages

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

Italian vs Arabic Difficulty

The Italian vs Arabic difficulty level basically depends on the number of Italian 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 Italian and Arabic are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Italian and Arabic, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Italian is 24 weeks while to learn Arabic time required is 88 weeks.

Most Difficult Languages

Most Difficult Languages

» More Most Difficult Languages

Compare Most Difficult Languages

» More Compare Most Difficult Languages