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Arabic and Spanish


Spanish 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   
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
23   
4
46   
1

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
Not Available   
Latin   

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Arabic.jpg#200   
Spanish-Alphabets.jpg#200   

Alphabets
28   
10
27   
9

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8   
5
5   
2

How Many Consonants
28   
18
22   
12

Scripts
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   
13
24 weeks   
6

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
Not Available   
105,000,000.00   
5

Dialect 2
Sudanese   
Cuban Spanish   

Where They Speak
Sudan   
Cuba   

How Many People Speak
17,000,000.00   
6
11,000,000.00   
8

Dialect 3
Levantine   
Puerto Rican Spanish   

Where They Speak
Cyprus, Levant   
Puerto Rico   

How Many People Speak
21,000,000.00   
3
3,900,000.00   
9

Total No. Of Dialects
26   
22
21   
19

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
452.00 million   
4
489.00 million   
3

Speaking Population
4.43 %   
6
6.15 %   
3

Native Speakers
206.00 million   
6
410.00 million   
2

Second Language Speakers
246.00 million   
2
89.50 million   
9

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   
Not Available   

History

Origin
512 CE   
210 BC   

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

Subgroup
Semitic   
Romance   

Branch
North Arabic   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Old Spanish and Spanish   

Standard Forms
Modern Standard Arabic   
Pluricentric Standard Spanish   

Language Position
25   
21
2   
2

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
Not Available   
Not Available   

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   

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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.

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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.

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