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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
India, Pakistan

Total No. Of Countries

232
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
Pakistan

Second Language

Not spoken in any of the countries
Pakistan

Speaking Continents

Africa, Asia
Asia, Oceania

Minority Language

Not spoken in any of the countries
India

Regulated By

Academy of the Arabic Language, Arabic Language International Council
National Council for Promotion of Urdu Language, India, National Language Authority, Pakistan

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.
  • Urdu is a language of beauty and grace, that adds meaning to prose and charm to poetry.
  • Different languages such as Arabic, Persian and Turkish gave birth and richness to Urdu.

Similar To

Amharic and Hebrew
Arabic and Hindi Languages

Derived From

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Ghaznavid Persian Language

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

2852
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

810
0 32
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How Many Consonants

2840
9 60
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Scripts

Arabic
Arabic

Writing Direction

Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Right-To-Left, Horizontal

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

44
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

88 weeks44 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

مرحبا
خوش آمديد

Thank You

شكرا
آپ کا شکریہ

How Are You?

كيف حالك؟
آپ کیسے ہیں؟

Good Night

تصبح على خير
گڈ نائٹ

Good Evening

مساء الخير
سلام علیکم

Good Afternoon

مساء الخير
گڈ آفٹر نون

Good Morning

صباح الخير
گڈ مارننگ

Please

من فضلك
براہ مہربانی

Sorry

آسف
معاف کرنا

Bye

وداعا
الوداع

I Love You

أحبك
مجھے تم سے محبت

Excuse Me

اعذرني
معاف کیجئے گا

Dialects

Dialect 1

Maghrebi
Dakhini

Where They Speak

Algeria, Libya, Maghreb, Morocco, Tunisia
India

How Many People Speak

310,000,000.0011,000,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Sudanese
Hyderabadi Urdu

Where They Speak

Sudan
India

How Many People Speak

17,000,000.0069,000,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Levantine
Rekhta

Where They Speak

Cyprus, Levant
South Asia

How Many People Speak

21,000,000.0069,000,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

263
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

452.00 million104.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

4.43 %0.99 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

206.00 million61.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

246.00 million43.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

(al arabiya) العربية
اُردُو

Alternative Names

Al-’Arabiyya, Al-Fusha, Literary Arabic
Bihari

French Name

arabe
ourdou

German Name

Arabisch
Urdu

Pronunciation

/al ʕarabijja/, /ʕarabi/
[ˈʊrd̪u]

Ethnicity

Arabs
Urdu-speaking people

History

Origin

512 CE
12th Century CE

Language Family

Afro-Asiatic Family, Semitic Family
Indo-European Family

Subgroup

Semitic
Indo-Iranian

Branch

North Arabic
Indic

Language Forms

Early Forms

No early forms
No early forms

Standard Forms

Modern Standard Arabic
Modern Standard Urdu

Language Position

2520
1 120
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Signed Forms

Signed Arabic
Signed Urdu

Scope

Macrolanguage
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

ar
ur

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

ara
urd

ISO 639 2/B

ara
urd

ISO 639 3

ara
urd

ISO 639 6

ara
urd

Glottocode

arab1395
urdu1245

Linguasphere

12-AAC
59-AAF-q

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

Subject-Verb-Object
-

Language Morphological Typology

Fusional, Synthetic
Fusional

Arabic and Urdu Alphabets

Arabic and Urdu Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Arabic and Urdu. In Arabic Alphabets there are 28 letters while in Urdu Alphabets there are 52 letters. To learn Arabic and Urdu languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Arabic and Urdu 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 Urdu greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Arabic and Urdu are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Arabic and Urdu Speaking population

Arabic and Urdu speaking population is one of the factors based on which Arabic and Urdu languages can be compared. The total count of Arabic and Urdu Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Arabic language is 4.43 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Urdu language is 0.99 %. 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 Urdu on Arabic vs Urdu where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Arabic and Urdu Language Codes

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