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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
Israel

Total No. Of Countries

231
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
Israel

Second Language

Not spoken in any of the countries
Israel

Speaking Continents

Africa, Asia
Africa, Asia, Europe

Minority Language

Not spoken in any of the countries
Poland

Regulated By

Academy of the Arabic Language, Arabic Language International Council
Academy of the Hebrew Language

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.
  • The original language of Bible is Hebrew.
  • The men and women use different verbs in hebrew language.

Similar To

Amharic and Hebrew
Arabic and Aramaic languages

Derived From

-
Aramaic Language

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

2822
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

80
0 32
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How Many Consonants

2822
9 60
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Scripts

Arabic
Hebrew

Writing Direction

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

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

46
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

88 weeks44 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

مرحبا
שלום (Shalom)

Thank You

شكرا
תודה (Toda)

How Are You?

كيف حالك؟
מה שלומך? (ma shlomxa)

Good Night

تصبح على خير
לילה טוב (Laila tov)

Good Evening

مساء الخير
ערב טוב (Erev tov)

Good Afternoon

مساء الخير
אחר צהריים טובים (Achar tzahara'im tovim)

Good Morning

صباح الخير
בוקר טוב (Boker tov)

Please

من فضلك
בבקשה (bevekshah)

Sorry

آسف
סליחה! (Slicha)

Bye

وداعا
להתראות (Lehitraot)

I Love You

أحبك
אני אוהבת אותך (Ani ohevet otcha)

Excuse Me

اعذرني
בבקשה!

Dialects

Dialect 1

Maghrebi
Ashkenazi Hebrew

Where They Speak

Algeria, Libya, Maghreb, Morocco, Tunisia
Israel

How Many People Speak

310,000,000.009,200,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Sudanese
Samaritan Hebrew

Where They Speak

Sudan
Israel, Palestine

How Many People Speak

17,000,000.009,000,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Levantine
Yemenite Hebrew

Where They Speak

Cyprus, Levant
Israel

How Many People Speak

21,000,000.009,000,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

267
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

452.00 million9.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

4.43 %0.11 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

206.00 million4.40 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

246.00 million5.60 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

(al arabiya) العربية
עברית / עִבְרִית (ivrit)

Alternative Names

Al-’Arabiyya, Al-Fusha, Literary Arabic
Israeli, Ivrit

French Name

arabe
hébreu

German Name

Arabisch
Hebräisch

Pronunciation

/al ʕarabijja/, /ʕarabi/
[(ʔ)ivˈʁit] - [(ʔ)ivˈɾit]

Ethnicity

Arabs
Hebrew-speaking people

History

Origin

512 CE
1000 BC

Language Family

Afro-Asiatic Family, Semitic Family
Afro-Asiatic Family

Subgroup

Semitic
Semitic

Branch

North Arabic
Canaanitic

Language Forms

Early Forms

No early forms
Biblical Hebrew, Mishnaic Hebrew, Medieval Hebrew, Hebrew

Standard Forms

Modern Standard Arabic
Modern Hebrew

Language Position

2523
1 120
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Signed Forms

Signed Arabic
Signed Hebrew

Scope

Macrolanguage
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

ar
he

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

ara
heb

ISO 639 2/B

ara
heb

ISO 639 3

ara
heb

ISO 639 6

ara
heb

Glottocode

arab1395
hebr1246

Linguasphere

12-AAC
12-AAB-a

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object, Verb-Subject-Object

Language Morphological Typology

Fusional, Synthetic
Fusional, Synthetic

Arabic and Hebrew Alphabets

Arabic and Hebrew Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Arabic and Hebrew. In Arabic Alphabets there are 28 letters while in Hebrew Alphabets there are 22 letters. To learn Arabic and Hebrew languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Arabic and Hebrew 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 Hebrew greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Arabic and Hebrew are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Arabic and Hebrew Speaking population

Arabic and Hebrew speaking population is one of the factors based on which Arabic and Hebrew languages can be compared. The total count of Arabic and Hebrew Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Arabic language is 4.43 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Hebrew language is 0.11 %. 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 Hebrew on Arabic vs Hebrew where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Arabic and Hebrew Language Codes

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