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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  
Barbados, Belize, Botswana, Cameroon, Canada, Dominica, Fiji, Ghana, India, Ireland, Jamaica, Kenya, Malta, Mauritius, Micronesia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Samoa, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Somaliland, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda, United Kingdom, Zambia, Zimbabwe  

Total No. Of Countries
23  
4
33  
2

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  
Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Gibraltar, Grenada, Guam, Guyana, Jersey, Montserrat, Nauru, Singapore, Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom, United States of America  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
India, Nigeria, Pakistan, Singapore  

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

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
South Africa  

Regulated By
Academy of the Arabic Language, Arabic Language International 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.
  
  • Most of the English words begin with the letter S than any other letter.
  • English is third most commonly spoken language in the world.
  

Similar To
Amharic and Hebrew  
Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish and German Languages  

Derived From
-  
Latin  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
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English-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
28  
10
26  
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8  
5
5  
2

How Many Consonants
28  
18
21  
11

Scripts
Arabic  
Latin  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4  
3
7  
6

Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks  
19
6 weeks  
3

Greetings

Hello
مرحبا  
Hello  

Thank You
شكرا  
Thank you  

How Are You?
كيف حالك؟  
How are you?  

Good Night
تصبح على خير  
Good Night  

Good Evening
مساء الخير  
Good Evening  

Good Afternoon
مساء الخير  
Good Afternoon  

Good Morning
صباح الخير  
Good Morning  

Please
من فضلك  
Please  

Sorry
آسف  
Sorry  

Bye
وداعا  
Bye  

I Love You
أحبك  
I love you  

Excuse Me
اعذرني  
Excuse Me  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Maghrebi  
American English  

Where They Speak
Algeria, Libya, Maghreb, Morocco, Tunisia  
United States of America  

How Many People Speak
310,000,000.00  
2
225,000,000.00  
4

Dialect 2
Sudanese  
Hiberno-English  

Where They Speak
Sudan  
Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom  

How Many People Speak
17,000,000.00  
29
4,500,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Levantine  
Welsh English  

Where They Speak
Cyprus, Levant  
United Kingdom  

How Many People Speak
21,000,000.00  
23
2,500,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
26  
22
188  
34

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
452.00 million  
4
1,200.00 million  
1

Speaking Population
4.43 %  
6
5.43 %  
4

Native Speakers
206.00 million  
6
400.00 million  
3

Second Language Speakers
246.00 million  
2
400.00 million  
1

Native Name
(al arabiya) العربية  
English  

Alternative Names
Al-’Arabiyya, Al-Fusha, Literary Arabic  
English  

French Name
arabe  
anglais  

German Name
Arabisch  
Englisch  

Pronunciation
/al ʕarabijja/, /ʕarabi/  
/ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ/  

Ethnicity
Arabs  
English people  

History

Origin
512 CE  
5th Century AD  

Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family, Semitic Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Semitic  
-  

Branch
North Arabic  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Old English, Middle English, Early Modern English and English  

Standard Forms
Modern Standard Arabic  
Standard English  

Language Position
25  
23
3  
3

Signed Forms
Signed Arabic  
Signed English  

Scope
Macrolanguage  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ar  
en  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ara  
eng  

ISO 639 2/B
ara  
eng  

ISO 639 3
ara  
eng  

ISO 639 6
ara  
engs  

Glottocode
arab1395  
stan1293  

Linguasphere
12-AAC  
52-ABA  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic  
Analytic, Fusional, Isolating, Synthetic  

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

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Arabic and English Speaking population

Arabic and English speaking population is one of the factors based on which Arabic and English languages can be compared. The total count of Arabic and English Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Arabic language is 4.43 % whereas the percentage of people speaking English language is 5.43 %. 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 Arabic and English on Arabic vs English where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Arabic and English Language Codes

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

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