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Arabic and Japanese


Countries

Countries
Japan  
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
1  
14
23  
4

National Language
Japan  
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, Pacific  
Africa, Asia  

Minority Language
Palau  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
Agency for Cultural Affairs (文化庁) at the Ministry of Education  
Academy of the Arabic Language, Arabic Language International Council  

Interesting Facts
  • In Japanese Language, there are 4 different ways to address people: kun, chan, san and sama.
  • There are many words in Japanese language which end with vowel letter, which determines the structure and rhythm of Japanese.
  
  • 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
Korean Language  
Amharic and Hebrew  

Derived From
Not Available  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
99  
40
28  
10

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
8  
5

How Many Consonants
14  
4
28  
18

Scripts
Kana  
Arabic  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5  
4
4  
3

Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks  
13
88 weeks  
13

Greetings

Hello
こんにちは (Kon'nichiwa)  
مرحبا  

Thank You
ありがとう (Arigatō)  
شكرا  

How Are You?
お元気ですか (O genki desu ka?)  
كيف حالك؟  

Good Night
おやすみなさい (Oyasuminasai)  
تصبح على خير  

Good Evening
こんばんは (Konbanwa)  
مساء الخير  

Good Afternoon
こんにちは (Konnichiwa!)  
مساء الخير  

Good Morning
おはよう (Ohayō)  
صباح الخير  

Please
お願いします (Onegaishimasu)  
من فضلك  

Sorry
ごめんなさい (Gomen'nasai)  
آسف  

Bye
さようなら (Sayōnara)  
وداعا  

I Love You
愛しています (Aishiteimasu)  
أحبك  

Excuse Me
すみません (Sumimasen)  
اعذرني  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Sanuki  
Maghrebi  

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

How Many People Speak
1,000,000.00  
28
Not Available  

Dialect 2
Hakata  
Sudanese  

Where They Speak
Fukuoka  
Sudan  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
17,000,000.00  
6

Dialect 3
Kansai  
Levantine  

Where They Speak
kansai  
Cyprus, Levant  

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

Total No. Of Dialects
31  
25
26  
22

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
128.00 million  
14
452.00 million  
4

Speaking Population
1.90 %  
10
4.43 %  
6

Native Speakers
128.00 million  
9
206.00 million  
6

Second Language Speakers
Not Available  
246.00 million  
2

Native Name
日本語  
(al arabiya) العربية  

Alternative Names
Not Available  
Al-’Arabiyya, Al-Fusha, Literary Arabic  

French Name
japonais  
arabe  

German Name
Japanisch  
Arabisch  

Pronunciation
/nihoɴɡo/: [nihõŋɡo], [nihõŋŋo]  
/al ʕarabijja/, /ʕarabi/  

Ethnicity
Japanese (Yamato)  
Arabs  

History

Origin
1185  
512 CE  

Language Family
Japonic Family  
Afro-Asiatic Family, Semitic Family  

Subgroup
Not Available  
Semitic  

Branch
Not Available  
North Arabic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Japanese, Early Middle Japanese, Late Middle Japanese and Early Modern Japanese  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Japanese  
Modern Standard Arabic  

Language Position
8  
8
25  
21

Signed Forms
Signed Japanese  
Signed Arabic  

Scope
Individual  
Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
ja  
ar  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
jpn  
ara  

ISO 639 2/B
jpn  
ara  

ISO 639 3
jpn  
ara  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
nucl1643  
arab1395  

Linguasphere
45-CAA-a  
12-AAC  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic  
Fusional, Synthetic  

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All Japanese and Arabic Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Japanese and Arabic dialects. Various dialects of Japanese and Arabic language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Japanese are spoken in different Japanese Speaking Countries whereas Arabic Dialects are spoken in different Arabic speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Japanese vs Arabic Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Japanese dialects include: Sanuki, Hakata. Arabic dialects include: Maghrebi , Sudanese. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Japanese and Arabic Speaking population

Japanese and Arabic speaking population is one of the factors based on which Japanese and Arabic languages can be compared. The total count of Japanese and Arabic Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Japanese language is 1.90 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Arabic language is 4.43 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Japanese and Arabic on Japanese vs Arabic where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Japanese and Arabic Language Codes

Japanese and Arabic language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Japanese and Arabic Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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