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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  
China, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Taiwan  

Total No. Of Countries
23  
4
5  
10

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  
China, Taiwan  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Republic of Brazil  

Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia  
Asia  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Indonesia, Malaysia  

Regulated By
Academy of the Arabic Language, Arabic Language International Council  
Chinese Language Standardization Council, National Commission on Language and Script Work, Promote Mandarin Council  

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.
  
  • Chinese language is tonal, since meaning of a word changes according to its tone.
  • In Chinese language, there is no grammatical distinction between singular or plural, no declination of verbs according to tense, mood and aspect.
  

Similar To
Amharic and Hebrew  
Japanese and Korean Languages  

Derived From
-  
-  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Arabic.jpg#200  
Chinese.jpg#200  

Alphabets
28  
10
26  
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8  
5
24  
19

How Many Consonants
28  
18
23  
13

Scripts
Arabic  
Chinese Characters and derivatives  

Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4  
3
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks  
19
88 weeks  
19

Greetings

Hello
مرحبا  
您好 (Nín hǎo)  

Thank You
شكرا  
谢谢 (Xièxiè)  

How Are You?
كيف حالك؟  
你好吗? (Nǐ hǎo ma?)  

Good Night
تصبح على خير  
晚安 (Wǎn'ān)  

Good Evening
مساء الخير  
晚上好 (Wǎnshàng hǎo)  

Good Afternoon
مساء الخير  
下午好 (Xiàwǔ hǎo)  

Good Morning
صباح الخير  
早安 (Zǎo ān)  

Please
من فضلك  
请 (Qǐng)  

Sorry
آسف  
遗憾 (Yíhàn)  

Bye
وداعا  
再见 (Zàijiàn)  

I Love You
أحبك  
我爱你 (Wǒ ài nǐ)  

Excuse Me
اعذرني  
劳驾 (Láojià)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Maghrebi  
Mandarin  

Where They Speak
Algeria, Libya, Maghreb, Morocco, Tunisia  
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan  

How Many People Speak
310,000,000.00  
2
960,000,000.00  
1

Dialect 2
Sudanese  
Wu  

Where They Speak
Sudan  
China, United States of America  

How Many People Speak
17,000,000.00  
29
80,000,000.00  
6

Dialect 3
Levantine  
Yue  

Where They Speak
Cyprus, Levant  
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam  

How Many People Speak
21,000,000.00  
23
60,000,000.00  
12

Total No. Of Dialects
26  
22
10  
10

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
452.00 million  
4
1,051.00 million  
2

Speaking Population
4.43 %  
6
16.00 %  
2

Native Speakers
206.00 million  
6
873.00 million  
1

Second Language Speakers
246.00 million  
2
178.00 million  
3

Native Name
(al arabiya) العربية  
中文 (zhōngwén)  

Alternative Names
Al-’Arabiyya, Al-Fusha, Literary Arabic  
Zhongwen, Hanyu  

French Name
arabe  
chinois  

German Name
Arabisch  
Chinesisch  

Pronunciation
/al ʕarabijja/, /ʕarabi/  
[ʈʂʰíŋ] [huà]  

Ethnicity
Arabs  
Han  

History

Origin
512 CE  
1250 BC  

Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family, Semitic Family  
Sino-Tibetan Family  

Subgroup
Semitic  
-  

Branch
North Arabic  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Modern Standard Arabic  
Standard Chinese  

Language Position
25  
23
1  
1

Signed Forms
Signed Arabic  
Wenfa Shouyu 文法手語 ("Grammatical Sign Language", Signed Mandarin (Taiwan))  

Scope
Macrolanguage  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ar  
zh  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ara  
zho  

ISO 639 2/B
ara  
chi  

ISO 639 3
ara  
zho  

ISO 639 6
ara  
zho  

Glottocode
arab1395  
sini1245  

Linguasphere
12-AAC  
79-AAA  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic  
Analytic, Isolating  

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

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Arabic and Chinese Speaking population

Arabic and Chinese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Arabic and Chinese languages can be compared. The total count of Arabic and Chinese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Arabic language is 4.43 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Chinese language is 16.00 %. 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 Chinese on Arabic vs Chinese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Arabic and Chinese Language Codes

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

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