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1 Countries
1.1 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
African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community, Kenya
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
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Rank: 4 (Overall)
4
Rank: 11 (Overall)
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1.3 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
Burundi, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, South Sudan, Tanzania
1.4 Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
1.5 Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia
Africa
1.6 Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
1.7 Regulated By
Academy of the Arabic Language, Arabic Language International Council
Chama cha Kiswahili cha Taifa (Kenya)
1.8 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.
  • Swahili language has borrowed many words from Arabic language.
  • The oldest written scripts in swahili language were found in 18th century.
    1.9 Similar To
    Amharic and Hebrew
    Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi Languages
    1.10 Derived From
    Not Available
    Arabic Language
    2 Alphabets
    2.1 Alphabets in
    2.2 Alphabets
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    28
    Rank: 10 (Overall)
    24
    Rank: 6 (Overall)
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    2.3 Phonology
    2.3.1 How Many Vowels
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    8
    Rank: 5 (Overall)
    5
    Rank: 2 (Overall)
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    2.3.2 How Many Consonants
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    28
    Rank: 18 (Overall)
    21
    Rank: 11 (Overall)
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    2.4 Scripts
    Arabic
    Latin
    2.5 Writing Direction
    Right-To-Left, Horizontal
    Not Available
    2.6 Hard to Learn
    2.6.1 Language Levels
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    4
    Rank: 3 (Overall)
    3
    Rank: 2 (Overall)
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    2.6.2 Time Taken to Learn
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    88 weeks
    Rank: 13 (Overall)
    36 weeks
    Rank: 10 (Overall)
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    3 Greetings
    3.1 Hello
    مرحبا
    Habari
    3.2 Thank You
    شكرا
    Asante
    3.3 How Are You?
    كيف حالك؟
    Habari gani?
    3.4 Good Night
    تصبح على خير
    Usiku mwema
    3.5 Good Evening
    مساء الخير
    Habari za jioni
    3.6 Good Afternoon
    مساء الخير
    nzuri Alasiri
    3.7 Good Morning
    صباح الخير
    Habari za asubuhi
    3.8 Please
    من فضلك
    tafadhali
    3.9 Sorry
    آسف
    pole
    3.10 Bye
    وداعا
    bye
    3.11 I Love You
    أحبك
    nakupenda
    3.12 Excuse Me
    اعذرني
    Samahani
    4 Dialects
    4.1 Dialect 1
    Maghrebi
    Kiunguja
    4.1.1 Where They Speak
    Algeria, Libya, Maghreb, Morocco, Tunisia
    Zanzibar island
    4.1.2 How Many People Speak
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    Rank: N/A (Overall)
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    Rank: N/A (Overall)
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    4.2 Dialect 2
    Sudanese
    Kimrima
    4.2.1 Where They Speak
    Sudan
    Dar es Salaam
    4.2.2 How Many People Speak
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    17,000,000.00
    Rank: 6 (Overall)
    Not Available
    Rank: N/A (Overall)
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    4.3 Dialect 3
    Levantine
    Kimgao
    4.3.1 Where They Speak
    Cyprus, Levant
    Kilwa
    4.3.2 How Many People Speak
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    21,000,000.00
    Rank: 3 (Overall)
    Not Available
    Rank: N/A (Overall)
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    4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
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    26
    Rank: 22 (Overall)
    12
    Rank: 12 (Overall)
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    5 How Many People Speak
    5.1 How Many People Speak?
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    452.00 million
    Rank: 4 (Overall)
    150.00 million
    Rank: 13 (Overall)
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    5.2 Speaking Population
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    4.43 %
    Rank: 6 (Overall)
    Not Available
    Rank: N/A (Overall)
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    5.3 Native Speakers
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    206.00 million
    Rank: 6 (Overall)
    15.00 million
    Rank: 40 (Overall)
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    5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
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    246.00 million
    Rank: 2 (Overall)
    Not Available
    Rank: N/A (Overall)
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    5.3.2 Native Name
    (al arabiya) العربية
    Not Available
    5.3.3 Alternative Names
    Al-’Arabiyya, Al-Fusha, Literary Arabic
    Kisuaheli, Kiswahili
    5.3.4 French Name
    arabe
    swahili
    5.3.5 German Name
    Arabisch
    Swahili
    5.4 Pronunciation
    /al ʕarabijja/, /ʕarabi/
    Not Available
    5.5 Ethnicity
    Arabs
    Swahili people or Waswahili
    6 History
    6.1 Origin
    512 CE
    6th century
    6.2 Language Family
    Afro-Asiatic Family, Semitic Family
    Niger-Congo Family
    6.2.1 Subgroup
    Semitic
    Benue-Congo
    6.2.2 Branch
    North Arabic
    Bantu
    6.3 Language Forms
    6.3.1 Early Forms
    No early forms
    No early forms
    6.3.2 Standard Forms
    Modern Standard Arabic
    Swahili
    6.3.3 Language Position
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    6.3.4 Signed Forms
    Signed Arabic
    Not Available
    6.4 Scope
    Macrolanguage
    Individual, Macrolanguage
    7 Code
    7.1 ISO 639 1
    ar
    sw
    7.2 ISO 639 2
    7.2.1 ISO 639 2/T
    ara
    swa
    7.2.2 ISO 639 2/B
    ara
    swa
    7.3 ISO 639 3
    ara
    swa
    7.4 ISO 639 6
    Not Available
    Not Available
    7.5 Glottocode
    arab1395
    swah1254
    7.6 Linguasphere
    12-AAC
    99-AUS-m
    7.7 Types of Language
    7.7.1 Language Type
    Living
    Living
    7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
    Subject-Verb-Object
    Not Available
    7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology
    Fusional, Synthetic
    Not Available

    Arabic and Swahili Alphabets

    Arabic and Swahili Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Arabic and Swahili. In Arabic Alphabets there are 28 letters while in Swahili Alphabets there are 24 letters. To learn Arabic and Swahili languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Arabic and Swahili 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 Swahili greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Arabic and Swahili are Most Spoken Languages.

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

    Arabic and Swahili Speaking population

    Arabic and Swahili speaking population is one of the factors based on which Arabic and Swahili languages can be compared. The total count of Arabic and Swahili Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Arabic language is 4.43 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Swahili language is Not Available. 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 Swahili on Arabic vs Swahili where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

    Arabic and Swahili Language Codes

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

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