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Arabic vs 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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Spanish and Arabic Language History

Comparison of Spanish vs Arabic language history gives us differences between origin of Spanish and Arabic language. History of Spanish language states that this language originated in 210 BC whereas history of Arabic language states that this language originated in 512 CE. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Spanish and Arabic Language History.

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Spanish 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 Spanish and Arabic greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Spanish and Arabic language. Spanish word for "Hello" is hola or Arabic word for "Thank You" is شكرا. Find more of such common Spanish Greetings and Arabic Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Spanish vs Arabic Difficulty

The Spanish vs Arabic difficulty level basically depends on the number of Spanish 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 Spanish and Arabic are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Spanish and Arabic, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Spanish is 24 weeks while to learn Arabic time required is 88 weeks.

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