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Arabic and Spanish


Countries

Countries
Andora, Argentina, Aruba, Australia, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gibraltar, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica, Latvia, Luxembourg, Mexico, Morocco, Namibia, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Norway, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Russia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, Uruguay, Venezuela, Western Sahara   
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
46   
1
23   
4

National Language
Spain   
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
Andora, Aruba, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Belize, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Luxembourg, Morocco, Netherlands, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Slovenia, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, US Virgin Islands   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, South America   
Africa, Asia   

Minority Language
Brazil, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Morocco, United Kingdom   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Regulated By
Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española   
Academy of the Arabic Language, Arabic Language International Council   

Interesting Facts
  • One of the world's most phonetic language is Spanish.
  • Up to the 18th century, Spanish was diplomatic language.
  
  • 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 Language   
Amharic and Hebrew   

Derived From
Latin   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
27   
9
28   
10

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
8   
5

How Many Consonants
22   
12
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
hola   
مرحبا   

Thank You
Gracias   
شكرا   

How Are You?
Cómo estás?   
كيف حالك؟   

Good Night
Buenas Noches   
تصبح على خير   

Good Evening
Bonne soirée   
مساء الخير   

Good Afternoon
Buenas Tardes   
مساء الخير   

Good Morning
Buenos Días   
صباح الخير   

Please
Por Favor   
من فضلك   

Sorry
triste   
آسف   

Bye
adiós   
وداعا   

I Love You
Te Quiero   
أحبك   

Excuse Me
Discúlpeme   
اعذرني   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Mexican Spanish   
Maghrebi   

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

How Many People Speak
105,000,000.00   
5
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Cuban Spanish   
Sudanese   

Where They Speak
Cuba   
Sudan   

How Many People Speak
11,000,000.00   
8
17,000,000.00   
6

Dialect 3
Puerto Rican Spanish   
Levantine   

Where They Speak
Puerto Rico   
Cyprus, Levant   

How Many People Speak
3,900,000.00   
9
21,000,000.00   
3

Total No. Of Dialects
21   
19
26   
22

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
489.00 million   
3
452.00 million   
4

Speaking Population
6.15 %   
3
4.43 %   
6

Native Speakers
410.00 million   
2
206.00 million   
6

Second Language Speakers
89.50 million   
9
246.00 million   
2

Native Name
Español   
(al arabiya) العربية   

Alternative Names
Castellano, Castilian, Español   
Al-’Arabiyya, Al-Fusha, Literary Arabic   

French Name
espagnol; castillan   
arabe   

German Name
Spanisch   
Arabisch   

Pronunciation
[espaˈɲol], [kasteˈʎano]   
/al ʕarabijja/, /ʕarabi/   

Ethnicity
Not Available   
Arabs   

History

Origin
210 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
Old Spanish and Spanish   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Spanish   
Modern Standard Arabic   

Language Position
2   
2
25   
21

Signed Forms
Signed Spanish   
Signed Arabic   

Scope
Individual   
Macrolanguage   

Code

ISO 639 1
es   
ar   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
spa   
ara   

ISO 639 2/B
spa   
ara   

ISO 639 3
spa   
ara   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
stan1288   
arab1395   

Linguasphere
51-AAA-b   
12-AAC   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic   
Fusional, Synthetic   

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All Spanish 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 Spanish and Arabic dialects. Various dialects of Spanish and Arabic language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Spanish are spoken in different Spanish Speaking Countries whereas Arabic Dialects are spoken in different Arabic speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Spanish vs Arabic Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Spanish dialects include: Mexican Spanish, Cuban Spanish. Arabic dialects include: Maghrebi , Sudanese. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Spanish and Arabic Speaking population

Spanish and Arabic speaking population is one of the factors based on which Spanish and Arabic languages can be compared. The total count of Spanish and Arabic Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Spanish language is 6.15 % 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 Spanish and Arabic on Spanish vs Arabic where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Spanish and Arabic Language Codes

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

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