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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
Andora, Argentina, Aruba, Australia, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gibraltar, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica, Latvia, Luxembourg, Mexico, Morocco, Namibia, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Norway, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Russia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, Uruguay, Venezuela, Western Sahara

Total No. Of Countries

2346
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
Spain

Second Language

Not spoken in any of the countries
Andora, Aruba, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Belize, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Luxembourg, Morocco, Netherlands, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Slovenia, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, US Virgin Islands

Speaking Continents

Africa, Asia
Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, South America

Minority Language

Not spoken in any of the countries
Brazil, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Morocco, United Kingdom

Regulated By

Academy of the Arabic Language, Arabic Language International Council
Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española

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.
  • One of the world's most phonetic language is Spanish.
  • Up to the 18th century, Spanish was diplomatic language.

Similar To

Amharic and Hebrew
French Language

Derived From

-
Latin

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

2827
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

85
0 32
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How Many Consonants

2822
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
hola

Thank You

شكرا
Gracias

How Are You?

كيف حالك؟
Cómo estás?

Good Night

تصبح على خير
Buenas Noches

Good Evening

مساء الخير
Bonne soirée

Good Afternoon

مساء الخير
Buenas Tardes

Good Morning

صباح الخير
Buenos Días

Please

من فضلك
Por Favor

Sorry

آسف
triste

Bye

وداعا
adiós

I Love You

أحبك
Te Quiero

Excuse Me

اعذرني
Discúlpeme

Dialects

Dialect 1

Maghrebi
Mexican Spanish

Where They Speak

Algeria, Libya, Maghreb, Morocco, Tunisia
Mexico

How Many People Speak

310,000,000.00105,000,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Sudanese
Cuban Spanish

Where They Speak

Sudan
Cuba

How Many People Speak

17,000,000.0011,000,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Levantine
Puerto Rican Spanish

Where They Speak

Cyprus, Levant
Puerto Rico

How Many People Speak

21,000,000.003,900,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

2621
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

452.00 million489.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

4.43 %6.15 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

206.00 million410.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

246.00 million89.50 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

(al arabiya) العربية
Español

Alternative Names

Al-’Arabiyya, Al-Fusha, Literary Arabic
Castellano, Castilian, Español

French Name

arabe
espagnol; castillan

German Name

Arabisch
Spanisch

Pronunciation

/al ʕarabijja/, /ʕarabi/
[espaˈɲol], [kasteˈʎano]

Ethnicity

Arabs
Spanish people

History

Origin

512 CE
210 BC

Language Family

Afro-Asiatic Family, Semitic Family
Indo-European Family

Subgroup

Semitic
Romance

Branch

North Arabic
-

Language Forms

Early Forms

No early forms
Old Spanish and Spanish

Standard Forms

Modern Standard Arabic
Pluricentric Standard Spanish

Language Position

252
1 120
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Signed Forms

Signed Arabic
Signed Spanish

Scope

Macrolanguage
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

ar
es

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

ara
spa

ISO 639 2/B

ara
spa

ISO 639 3

ara
spa

ISO 639 6

ara
spa

Glottocode

arab1395
stan1288

Linguasphere

12-AAC
51-AAA-b

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb

Language Morphological Typology

Fusional, Synthetic
Fusional, Synthetic

Arabic and Spanish Alphabets

Arabic and Spanish Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Arabic and Spanish. In Arabic Alphabets there are 28 letters while in Spanish Alphabets there are 27 letters. To learn Arabic and Spanish languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Arabic and Spanish 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 Spanish greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Arabic and Spanish are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Arabic and Spanish Speaking population

Arabic and Spanish speaking population is one of the factors based on which Arabic and Spanish languages can be compared. The total count of Arabic and Spanish Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Arabic language is 4.43 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Spanish language is 6.15 %. 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 Spanish on Arabic vs Spanish where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Arabic and Spanish Language Codes

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