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
  
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 in
Italian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
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Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Arabic
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
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
  
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
How Many People Speak?
78.00 million
  
21
452.00 million
  
4
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
  
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
  
Signed Forms
italiano segnato "Signed Italian" & italiano segnato esatto "Signed Exact Italian"
  
Signed Arabic
  
Scope
Individual
  
Macrolanguage
  
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
  
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.