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Countries

Countries

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
South Africa

Total No. Of Countries

231
0 46
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National Language

Algeria, Bahrain, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, United Arab Emirates, Yemen
South Africa

Second Language

Not spoken in any of the countries
Namibia, South Africa

Speaking Continents

Africa, Asia
Africa

Minority Language

Not spoken in any of the countries
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Regulated By

Academy of the Arabic Language, Arabic Language International Council
Die Taalkommissie, National Languages Committee

Interesting Facts

  • 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.
  • Afrikaans Language is a mixture of English, Dutch, German, French and some South African language like Xhosa.
  • Afrikaans Language lacks case and gender distinctions.

Similar To

Amharic and Hebrew
Dutch Language

Derived From

-
Dutch Language

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

2832
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

815
0 32
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How Many Consonants

2817
9 60
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Scripts

Arabic
Latin

Writing Direction

Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

43
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

88 weeks24 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

مرحبا
hallo

Thank You

شكرا
Dankie

How Are You?

كيف حالك؟
Hoe gaan dit

Good Night

تصبح على خير
goeie nag

Good Evening

مساء الخير
Goeienaand

Good Afternoon

مساء الخير
Goeie middag

Good Morning

صباح الخير
goeie more

Please

من فضلك
asseblief

Sorry

آسف
jammer

Bye

وداعا
Totsiens

I Love You

أحبك
Ek het jou lief

Excuse Me

اعذرني
Verskoon my

Dialects

Dialect 1

Maghrebi
Kaapse Afrikaans

Where They Speak

Algeria, Libya, Maghreb, Morocco, Tunisia
-

How Many People Speak

310,000,000.007,700,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Sudanese
Oranjeriverafrikaans

Where They Speak

Sudan
-

How Many People Speak

17,000,000.007,700,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Levantine
Baster Afrikaans

Where They Speak

Cyprus, Levant
Namibia

How Many People Speak

21,000,000.007.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

263
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

452.00 million19.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

4.43 %0.03 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

206.00 million7.10 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

246.00 million10.30 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

(al arabiya) العربية
Afrikaans

Alternative Names

Al-’Arabiyya, Al-Fusha, Literary Arabic
Cape Dutch

French Name

arabe
afrikaans

German Name

Arabisch
Afrikaans

Pronunciation

/al ʕarabijja/, /ʕarabi/
[ɐfriˈkɑːns]

Ethnicity

Arabs
Afrikaners

History

Origin

512 CE
17th Century

Language Family

Afro-Asiatic Family, Semitic Family
Indo-European Family

Subgroup

Semitic
Germanic

Branch

North Arabic
Western

Language Forms

Early Forms

No early forms
Cape dutch or kitchen dutch

Standard Forms

Modern Standard Arabic
Standard Afrikaans

Language Position

2523
1 120
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Signed Forms

Signed Arabic
Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)

Scope

Macrolanguage
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

ar
af

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

ara
afr

ISO 639 2/B

ara
afr

ISO 639 3

ara
afr

ISO 639 6

ara
afrs

Glottocode

arab1395
afri1274

Linguasphere

12-AAC
52-ACB-ba

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb

Language Morphological Typology

Fusional, Synthetic
Analytic

Arabic and Afrikaans Alphabets

Arabic and Afrikaans Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Arabic and Afrikaans. In Arabic Alphabets there are 28 letters while in Afrikaans Alphabets there are 32 letters. To learn Arabic and Afrikaans languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Arabic and Afrikaans languages. The Arabic phonology consist Arabic vowels and Arabic consonants. After alphabets, words are to be learned and after words, phrases in that language. Take a look at Arabic greetings vs Afrikaans greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Arabic and Afrikaans are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Arabic and Afrikaans Speaking population

Arabic and Afrikaans speaking population is one of the factors based on which Arabic and Afrikaans languages can be compared. The total count of Arabic and Afrikaans Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Arabic language is 4.43 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Afrikaans language is 0.03 %. 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 Arabic and Afrikaans on Arabic vs Afrikaans where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Arabic and Afrikaans Language Codes

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