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Greek and Arabic


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  
Cyprus, European Union, Greece  

Total No. Of Countries
23  
4
3  
12

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  
Albania, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Roman Empire  

Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia  
Asia, Europe  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Albania, Armenia, Australia, Hungary, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine  

Regulated By
Academy of the Arabic Language, Arabic Language International Council  
Center for the Greek language (Κέντρον Ελληνικής Γλώσσας)  

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.
  
  • Greek is the longest documented language of all the Indo-European Langauges.
  • The official language of education in the Roman Empire was Greek.
  

Similar To
Amharic and Hebrew  
Armenian  

Derived From
-  
Latin  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
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Greek-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
28  
10
24  
6

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8  
5
7  
4

How Many Consonants
28  
18
17  
7

Scripts
Arabic  
Arabic, Latin  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4  
3
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks  
19
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
مرحبا  
γεια σας (geia sas)  

Thank You
شكرا  
ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱)  

How Are You?
كيف حالك؟  
πώς είσαι (pó̱s eísai)  

Good Night
تصبح على خير  
Καληνυχτα (Kali̱nychta)  

Good Evening
مساء الخير  
καλησπέρα (kali̱spéra)  

Good Afternoon
مساء الخير  
Καλὸ ἀπόγευμα (Kaló apóyevma)  

Good Morning
صباح الخير  
καλημέρα (kali̱méra)  

Please
من فضلك  
παρακαλώ (parakaló̱)  

Sorry
آسف  
συγνώμη (sygnó̱mi̱)  

Bye
وداعا  
αντίο (antío)  

I Love You
أحبك  
Σε αγαπώ (Se agapó̱)  

Excuse Me
اعذرني  
Με συγχωρείτε! (Me synhoríte)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Maghrebi  
Cappadocian Greek  

Where They Speak
Algeria, Libya, Maghreb, Morocco, Tunisia  
Greece  

How Many People Speak
310,000,000.00  
2
2,800.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Sudanese  
Griko  

Where They Speak
Sudan  
Italy  

How Many People Speak
17,000,000.00  
29
50,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Levantine  
Mariupol  

Where They Speak
Cyprus, Levant  
Ukraine  

How Many People Speak
21,000,000.00  
23
13,000,000.00  
28

Total No. Of Dialects
26  
22
25  
21

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
452.00 million  
4
13.00 million  
99+

Speaking Population
4.43 %  
6
0.18 %  
99+

Native Speakers
206.00 million  
6
13.00 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
246.00 million  
2
13.00 million  
37

Native Name
(al arabiya) العربية  
ελληνικά  

Alternative Names
Al-’Arabiyya, Al-Fusha, Literary Arabic  
Ellinika, Graecae, Grec, Greco, Neo-Hellenic, Romaic  

French Name
arabe  
grec moderne (après 1453)  

German Name
Arabisch  
Neugriechisch  

Pronunciation
/al ʕarabijja/, /ʕarabi/  
[eliniˈka]  

Ethnicity
Arabs  
Greeks or Hellenes  

History

Origin
512 CE  
1500 BC  

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

Subgroup
Semitic  
Hellenic  

Branch
North Arabic  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Proto-Greek, Mycenaean Greek, Ancient Greek, Koine Greek and Medieval Greek  

Standard Forms
Modern Standard Arabic  
Modern Greek  

Language Position
25  
23
74  
99+

Signed Forms
Signed Arabic  
Greek Sign Language  

Scope
Macrolanguage  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ar  
el  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ara  
ell  

ISO 639 2/B
ara  
gre  

ISO 639 3
ara  
ell  

ISO 639 6
ara  
ells  

Glottocode
arab1395  
gree1276  

Linguasphere
12-AAC  
56-AAA-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic  
Fusional, Synthetic  

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

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Arabic and Greek Speaking population

Arabic and Greek speaking population is one of the factors based on which Arabic and Greek languages can be compared. The total count of Arabic and Greek Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Arabic language is 4.43 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Greek language is 0.18 %. 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 Greek on Arabic vs Greek where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Arabic and Greek Language Codes

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

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