×

Arabic
Arabic




ADD
Compare

Arabic Language

Add ⊕

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

Total No. Of Countries

23
Rank: 4 (Overall)
0 46
👆🏻

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

Second Language

Not spoken in any of the countries

Speaking Continents

Africa, Asia

Minority Language

Not spoken in any of the countries

Regulated By

Academy of the Arabic Language, Arabic Language International Council

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.

Similar To

Amharic and Hebrew

Derived From

-

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

28
Rank: 10 (Overall)
18 247
👆🏻

Phonology

How Many Vowels

8
Rank: 5 (Overall)
0 32
👆🏻

How Many Consonants

28
Rank: 18 (Overall)
9 60
👆🏻

Scripts

Arabic

Writing Direction

Right-To-Left, Horizontal

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

4
Rank: 3 (Overall)
2 12
👆🏻

Time Taken to Learn

88 weeks
Rank: 19 (Overall)
3 88
👆🏻

Greetings

Hello

مرحبا

Thank You

شكرا

How Are You?

كيف حالك؟

Good Night

تصبح على خير

Good Evening

مساء الخير

Good Afternoon

مساء الخير

Good Morning

صباح الخير

Please

من فضلك

Sorry

آسف

Bye

وداعا

I Love You

أحبك

Excuse Me

اعذرني

Dialects

Dialect 1

Maghrebi

Where They Speak

Algeria, Libya, Maghreb, Morocco, Tunisia

How Many People Speak

310,000,000.00
Rank: 2 (Overall)
1.5 960000000
👆🏻

Dialect 2

Sudanese

Where They Speak

Sudan

How Many People Speak

17,000,000.00
Rank: 29 (Overall)
700 274000000
👆🏻

Dialect 3

Levantine

Where They Speak

Cyprus, Levant

How Many People Speak

21,000,000.00
Rank: 23 (Overall)
2 230000000
👆🏻

Total No. Of Dialects

26
Rank: 22 (Overall)
0 188
👆🏻

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

452.00 million
Rank: 4 (Overall)
0 1200
👆🏻

Speaking Population

4.43 %
Rank: 6 (Overall)
0 89
👆🏻

Native Speakers

206.00 million
Rank: 6 (Overall)
0 873
👆🏻

Second Language Speakers

246.00 million
Rank: 2 (Overall)
0.01 400
👆🏻

Native Name

(al arabiya) العربية

Alternative Names

Al-’Arabiyya, Al-Fusha, Literary Arabic

French Name

arabe

German Name

Arabisch

Pronunciation

/al ʕarabijja/, /ʕarabi/

Ethnicity

Arabs

History

Origin

512 CE

Language Family

Afro-Asiatic Family, Semitic Family

Subgroup

Semitic

Branch

North Arabic

Language Forms

Early Forms

No early forms

Standard Forms

Modern Standard Arabic

Language Position

25
Rank: 23 (Overall)
1 120
👆🏻

Signed Forms

Signed Arabic

Scope

Macrolanguage

Code

ISO 639 1

ar

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

ara

ISO 639 2/B

ara

ISO 639 3

ara

ISO 639 6

ara

Glottocode

arab1395

Linguasphere

12-AAC

Types of Language

Language Type

Living

Language Linguistic Typology

Subject-Verb-Object

Language Morphological Typology

Fusional, Synthetic

Origin of Arabic language

In order to communicate with each other, the origin of language was the essential part. Various languages are spoken all over the world. Arabic language is one of the Most Spoken Languages. The origin of Arabic language states that it was put to use in 512 CE. The history of Arabic language reveals that the language is old and used since many years. Check out in brief about Arabic Language History. Arabic has no early forms. Modern Standard Arabic is the standard form of Arabic language and it is used in government centers. Know all About Arabic Language.

Arabic population

Arabic population gives us the total count of number of people speaking Arabic language. Arabic language is spoken by 452.00 million people in the world. Most of the Arabic population lies in the Arabic Speaking Countries. Arabic language is spoken as first language by 206.00 million people and as second language by about 246.00 million people. Get to know Arabic speaking population in detail.

Arabic writing system

There are numerous writing systems but most widely used scripts are Latin, Cyrillic and Arabic. Arabic writing system decides the alphabets, vowels and consonants i.e. the written form of Arabic language. Some languages share common writing systems. Arabic script is used by Arabic language. Learn more about . 

Information about Arabic language

Check out all the information about Arabic language here. You may find it interesting to learn Arabic Alphabets or the vowels and consonants of this language. Also knowing about Arabic Speaking Countries, Arabic speaking continents and Arabic Dialects will help in improving your knowledge about this language. Also while travelling to Arabic countries knowing common Arabic Greetings will help you in communicating with Arabic people.