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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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