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
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 in
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
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
Dialect 1
Sanuki
Maghrebi
Where They Speak
Kagawa
Algeria, Libya, Maghreb, Morocco, Tunisia
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Hakata
Sudanese
Where They Speak
Fukuoka
Sudan
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Kansai
Levantine
Where They Speak
kansai
Cyprus, Levant
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
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
Language Family
Japonic Family
Afro-Asiatic Family, Semitic Family
Subgroup
Not Available
Semitic
Branch
Not Available
North Arabic
Early Forms
Old Japanese, Early Middle Japanese, Late Middle Japanese and Early Modern Japanese
No early forms
Standard Forms
Japanese
Modern Standard Arabic
Signed Forms
Signed Japanese
Signed Arabic
Scope
Individual
Macrolanguage
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
nucl1643
arab1395
Linguasphere
45-CAA-a
12-AAC
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic
Fusional, Synthetic
Japanese 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 Japanese and Arabic greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Japanese and Arabic language. Japanese word for "Hello" is こんにちは (Kon'nichiwa) or Arabic word for "Thank You" is شكرا. Find more of such common Japanese Greetings and Arabic Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Japanese vs Arabic Difficulty
The Japanese vs Arabic difficulty level basically depends on the number of Japanese 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 Japanese and Arabic are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Japanese and Arabic, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Japanese is 88 weeks while to learn Arabic time required is 88 weeks.