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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
Indonesia

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
Indonesia

Second Language

Not spoken in any of the countries
East Timor, Indonesia

Speaking Continents

Africa, Asia
Asia

Minority Language

Not spoken in any of the countries
Denmark, East Timor, Netherlands

Regulated By

Academy of the Arabic Language, Arabic Language International Council
Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa

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 modern Indonesian language uses many loan words from Persian, Chinese and Arabic.
  • In Indonesian language, spelling is phonetically precise, so that words are spelled as they sound.

Similar To

Amharic and Hebrew
Malay language

Derived From

-
Malay and Dutch Languages

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

2819
9 60
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Scripts

Arabic
Latin

Writing Direction

Right-To-Left, Horizontal
-

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

47
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

88 weeks36 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

مرحبا
Halo

Thank You

شكرا
Terima kasih

How Are You?

كيف حالك؟
Apa kabar?

Good Night

تصبح على خير
Selamat Malam

Good Evening

مساء الخير
Malam yang baik

Good Afternoon

مساء الخير
Selamat Sore

Good Morning

صباح الخير
Selamat Pagi

Please

من فضلك
mohon Untuk

Sorry

آسف
maaf

Bye

وداعا
Selamat tinggal

I Love You

أحبك
Aku cinta kamu

Excuse Me

اعذرني
Permisi

Dialects

Dialect 1

Maghrebi
Sundanese

Where They Speak

Algeria, Libya, Maghreb, Morocco, Tunisia
Indonesia

How Many People Speak

310,000,000.0038,000,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Sudanese
Balinese

Where They Speak

Sudan
Bali, Indonesia, Lombok and Java, Nusa Penida

How Many People Speak

17,000,000.003,300,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Levantine
Minangkabau

Where They Speak

Cyprus, Levant
Indonesia, Malaysia

How Many People Speak

21,000,000.006,000,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

2646
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 %1.16 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

206.00 million23.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

246.00 million140.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

(al arabiya) العربية
Bahasa Melayu

Alternative Names

Al-’Arabiyya, Al-Fusha, Literary Arabic
Bahasa Indonesia

French Name

arabe
indonésien

German Name

Arabisch
Bahasa Indonesia

Pronunciation

/al ʕarabijja/, /ʕarabi/
[bahaˈsa indoneˈsia]

Ethnicity

Arabs
Indonesians

History

Origin

512 CE
7th Century

Language Family

Afro-Asiatic Family, Semitic Family
Austronesian Family

Subgroup

Semitic
Indonesian

Branch

North Arabic
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Language Forms

Early Forms

No early forms
Old Malay

Standard Forms

Modern Standard Arabic
Indonesian

Language Position

2556
1 120
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Signed Forms

Signed Arabic
Sistem Isyarat Bahasa Indonesia (SIBI, "Signed Indonesian")

Scope

Macrolanguage
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

ar
id

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

ara
ind

ISO 639 2/B

ara
ind

ISO 639 3

ara
ind

ISO 639 6

ara
ind

Glottocode

arab1395
indo1316

Linguasphere

12-AAC
No data available

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object

Language Morphological Typology

Fusional, Synthetic
Agglutinative

Arabic and Indonesian Alphabets

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

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

Arabic and Indonesian Speaking population

Arabic and Indonesian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Arabic and Indonesian languages can be compared. The total count of Arabic and Indonesian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Arabic language is 4.43 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Indonesian language is 1.16 %. 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 Indonesian on Arabic vs Indonesian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Arabic and Indonesian Language Codes

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