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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
Belgium, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Canada, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo, Cote d'Ivoire, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gabon, Guernesey, Guinea, Haiti, Italy, Jersey, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritius, Monaco, Niger, Rwanda, Senegal, Seychelles, Switzerland, Togo, Vanuatu

Total No. Of Countries

2332
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
France

Second Language

Not spoken in any of the countries
Africa, Canada

Speaking Continents

Africa, Asia
Africa, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, Pacific, South America

Minority Language

Not spoken in any of the countries
Brazil, Cambodia, United States of America, Vietnam

Regulated By

Academy of the Arabic Language, Arabic Language International Council
Académie française (French Academy), Office québécois de la langue française

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.
  • French is the only language, with English, that is taught in every country of the world.
  • French is the top language in Culinary Scene.

Similar To

Amharic and Hebrew
Italian Language

Derived From

-
Latin

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

2826
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

86
0 32
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How Many Consonants

2820
9 60
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Scripts

Arabic
Latin

Writing Direction

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

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

46
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

88 weeks24 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

مرحبا
bonjour

Thank You

شكرا
Merci

How Are You?

كيف حالك؟
Comment allez-vous?

Good Night

تصبح على خير
bonne Nuit

Good Evening

مساء الخير
bonsoir

Good Afternoon

مساء الخير
bon Après-Midi

Good Morning

صباح الخير
Bonjour

Please

من فضلك
S'il vous plaît

Sorry

آسف
désolé

Bye

وداعا
au revoir

I Love You

أحبك
Je t'aime

Excuse Me

اعذرني
Excuse Moi

Dialects

Dialect 1

Maghrebi
Quebec French

Where They Speak

Algeria, Libya, Maghreb, Morocco, Tunisia
New Brunswick, New England, Ontario, Quebec, Western Canada

How Many People Speak

310,000,000.006,200,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Sudanese
African French

Where They Speak

Sudan
Africa

How Many People Speak

17,000,000.00274,000,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Levantine
Swiss French

Where They Speak

Cyprus, Levant
Northeast France, Switzerland

How Many People Speak

21,000,000.001,800,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

2625
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

452.00 million163.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

4.43 %1.12 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

206.00 million76.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

246.00 million87.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

(al arabiya) العربية
français

Alternative Names

Al-’Arabiyya, Al-Fusha, Literary Arabic
Français

French Name

arabe
français

German Name

Arabisch
Französisch

Pronunciation

/al ʕarabijja/, /ʕarabi/
[fʁɑ̃sɛ]

Ethnicity

Arabs
French people

History

Origin

512 CE
9th Century

Language Family

Afro-Asiatic Family, Semitic Family
Indo-European Family

Subgroup

Semitic
Romance

Branch

North Arabic
-

Language Forms

Early Forms

No early forms
Old French, Middle French and French

Standard Forms

Modern Standard Arabic
Standard French

Language Position

2513
1 120
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Signed Forms

Signed Arabic
le Français Signé (Signed French, France)

Scope

Macrolanguage
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

ar
fr

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

ara
fra

ISO 639 2/B

ara
fre

ISO 639 3

ara
fra

ISO 639 6

ara
fras

Glottocode

arab1395
stan1290

Linguasphere

12-AAC
51-AAA-i

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object

Language Morphological Typology

Fusional, Synthetic
Fusional, Synthetic

Arabic and French Alphabets

Arabic and French Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Arabic and French. In Arabic Alphabets there are 28 letters while in French Alphabets there are 26 letters. To learn Arabic and French languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Arabic and French 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 French greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Arabic and French are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Arabic and French Speaking population

Arabic and French speaking population is one of the factors based on which Arabic and French languages can be compared. The total count of Arabic and French Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Arabic language is 4.43 % whereas the percentage of people speaking French language is 1.12 %. 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 French on Arabic vs French where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Arabic and French Language Codes

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