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Japanese 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  
Japan  

Total No. Of Countries
23  
4
1  
14

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  
Japan  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia  
Asia, Pacific  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Palau  

Regulated By
Academy of the Arabic Language, Arabic Language International Council  
Agency for Cultural Affairs (文化庁) at the Ministry of Education  

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.
  
  • In Japanese Language, there are 4 different ways to address people: kun, chan, san and sama.
  • There are many words in Japanese language which end with vowel letter, which determines the structure and rhythm of Japanese.
  

Similar To
Amharic and Hebrew  
Korean Language  

Derived From
-  
-  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
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Japanese-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
28  
10
99  
40

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8  
5
5  
2

How Many Consonants
28  
18
14  
4

Scripts
Arabic  
Kana  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4  
3
5  
4

Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks  
19
88 weeks  
19

Greetings

Hello
مرحبا  
こんにちは (Kon'nichiwa)  

Thank You
شكرا  
ありがとう (Arigatō)  

How Are You?
كيف حالك؟  
お元気ですか (O genki desu ka?)  

Good Night
تصبح على خير  
おやすみなさい (Oyasuminasai)  

Good Evening
مساء الخير  
こんばんは (Konbanwa)  

Good Afternoon
مساء الخير  
こんにちは (Konnichiwa!)  

Good Morning
صباح الخير  
おはよう (Ohayō)  

Please
من فضلك  
お願いします (Onegaishimasu)  

Sorry
آسف  
ごめんなさい (Gomen'nasai)  

Bye
وداعا  
さようなら (Sayōnara)  

I Love You
أحبك  
愛しています (Aishiteimasu)  

Excuse Me
اعذرني  
すみません (Sumimasen)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Maghrebi  
Sanuki  

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

How Many People Speak
310,000,000.00  
2
1,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Sudanese  
Hakata  

Where They Speak
Sudan  
Fukuoka  

How Many People Speak
17,000,000.00  
29
127,000,000.00  
4

Dialect 3
Levantine  
Kansai  

Where They Speak
Cyprus, Levant  
kansai  

How Many People Speak
21,000,000.00  
23
127,000,000.00  
4

Total No. Of Dialects
26  
22
31  
25

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
452.00 million  
4
128.00 million  
14

Speaking Population
4.43 %  
6
1.90 %  
10

Native Speakers
206.00 million  
6
128.00 million  
9

Second Language Speakers
246.00 million  
2
3.00 million  
99+

Native Name
(al arabiya) العربية  
日本語  

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

French Name
arabe  
japonais  

German Name
Arabisch  
Japanisch  

Pronunciation
/al ʕarabijja/, /ʕarabi/  
/nihoɴɡo/: [nihõŋɡo], [nihõŋŋo]  

Ethnicity
Arabs  
Japanese (Yamato)  

History

Origin
512 CE  
1185  

Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family, Semitic Family  
Japonic Family  

Subgroup
Semitic  
-  

Branch
North Arabic  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Old Japanese, Early Middle Japanese, Late Middle Japanese and Early Modern Japanese  

Standard Forms
Modern Standard Arabic  
Japanese  

Language Position
25  
23
8  
8

Signed Forms
Signed Arabic  
Signed Japanese  

Scope
Macrolanguage  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ar  
ja  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ara  
jpn  

ISO 639 2/B
ara  
jpn  

ISO 639 3
ara  
jpn  

ISO 639 6
ara  
jpn  

Glottocode
arab1395  
nucl1643  

Linguasphere
12-AAC  
45-CAA-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic  
Agglutinative, Synthetic  

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

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Arabic and Japanese Speaking population

Arabic and Japanese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Arabic and Japanese languages can be compared. The total count of Arabic and Japanese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Arabic language is 4.43 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Japanese language is 1.90 %. 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 Japanese on Arabic vs Japanese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Arabic and Japanese Language Codes

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

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