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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   

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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.

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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.

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