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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
Andorra, Balearic Islands, Catalonia, Latin Union, Spain, Valencian Community

Total No. Of Countries

236
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
Andorra, France, Italy, Spain

Second Language

Not spoken in any of the countries
Spain

Speaking Continents

Africa, Asia
Europe

Minority Language

Not spoken in any of the countries
Aragon, France, Italy, Spain

Regulated By

Academy of the Arabic Language, Arabic Language International Council
Institut d'Estudis Catalans, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua, 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.
  • Catalan is 6th most largely spoken Romance language.
  • Catalan went through a golden age in low middle ages, reaching a peak of maturity and cultural richness.

Similar To

Amharic and Hebrew
Spanish Language, Occitan Language, Italian Language, French Language

Derived From

-
Latin

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

2827
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

85
0 32
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How Many Consonants

2823
9 60
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Scripts

Arabic
Latin

Writing Direction

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

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

45
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

88 weeks24 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

مرحبا
Hola

Thank You

شكرا
Gràcies

How Are You?

كيف حالك؟
Com estàs?

Good Night

تصبح على خير
Bona nit

Good Evening

مساء الخير
Bona nit

Good Afternoon

مساء الخير
Bona tarda

Good Morning

صباح الخير
Bon dia

Please

من فضلك
Sisplau

Sorry

آسف
Perdó!

Bye

وداعا
Adéu

I Love You

أحبك
T'estimo

Excuse Me

اعذرني
Dispensi!

Dialects

Dialect 1

Maghrebi
Caló

Where They Speak

Algeria, Libya, Maghreb, Morocco, Tunisia
France, Portugal, Spain

How Many People Speak

310,000,000.00440,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Sudanese
Valencian

Where They Speak

Sudan
Spain

How Many People Speak

17,000,000.002,400,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Levantine
Ribagorçan

Where They Speak

Cyprus, Levant
Spain

How Many People Speak

21,000,000.004,000,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

268
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

452.00 million9.20 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

4.43 %0.12 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

206.00 million4.10 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

246.00 million5.10 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

(al arabiya) العربية
català

Alternative Names

Al-’Arabiyya, Al-Fusha, Literary Arabic
Català, Catalán, Catalan-Valencian-Balear, Catalonian, Valencian

French Name

arabe
catalan; valencien

German Name

Arabisch
Katalanisch

Pronunciation

/al ʕarabijja/, /ʕarabi/
[kətəˈɫa] (EC) ~ [kataˈɫa] (WC)

Ethnicity

Arabs
Catalan people

History

Origin

512 CE
c. 1028

Language Family

Afro-Asiatic Family, Semitic Family
Indo-European Family

Subgroup

Semitic
Romance

Branch

North Arabic
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Language Forms

Early Forms

No early forms
Old Catalan

Standard Forms

Modern Standard Arabic
Standard Catalan, Standard Valencian

Language Position

2532
1 120
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Signed Forms

Signed Arabic
Signed Catalan

Scope

Macrolanguage
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

ar
ca

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

ara
cat

ISO 639 2/B

ara
cat

ISO 639 3

ara
cat

ISO 639 6

ara
cat

Glottocode

arab1395
stan1289

Linguasphere

12-AAC
51-AAA-e

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object

Language Morphological Typology

Fusional, Synthetic
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Arabic and Catalan Alphabets

Arabic and Catalan Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Arabic and Catalan. In Arabic Alphabets there are 28 letters while in Catalan Alphabets there are 27 letters. To learn Arabic and Catalan languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Arabic and Catalan 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 Catalan greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Arabic and Catalan are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Arabic and Catalan Speaking population

Arabic and Catalan speaking population is one of the factors based on which Arabic and Catalan languages can be compared. The total count of Arabic and Catalan Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Arabic language is 4.43 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Catalan language is 0.12 %. 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 Catalan on Arabic vs Catalan where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Arabic and Catalan Language Codes

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