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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
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
Spanish
23
Rank: 4 (Overall)
Bhojpuri
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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
1.4 Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
1.5 Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia
1.6 Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
1.7 Regulated By
Academy of the Arabic Language, Arabic Language International Council
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.
1.9 Similar To
Amharic and Hebrew
1.10 Derived From
Not Available
2 Alphabets
2.1 Alphabets in
2.2 Alphabets
Tamil
28
Rank: 10 (Overall)
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2.3 Phonology
2.3.1 How Many Vowels
Thai
8
Rank: 5 (Overall)
Hebrew
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2.3.2 How Many Consonants
Hmong
28
Rank: 18 (Overall)
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2.4 Scripts
Arabic
2.5 Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
2.6 Hard to Learn
2.6.1 Language Levels
Armenian
4
Rank: 3 (Overall)
Bengali
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2.6.2 Time Taken to Learn
Chinese
88 weeks
Rank: 13 (Overall)
Cebuano
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3 Greetings
3.1 Hello
مرحبا
3.2 Thank You
شكرا
3.3 How Are You?
كيف حالك؟
3.4 Good Night
تصبح على خير
3.5 Good Evening
مساء الخير
3.6 Good Afternoon
مساء الخير
3.7 Good Morning
صباح الخير
3.8 Please
من فضلك
3.9 Sorry
آسف
3.10 Bye
وداعا
3.11 I Love You
أحبك
3.12 Excuse Me
اعذرني
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
Maghrebi
4.1.1 Where They Speak
Algeria, Libya, Maghreb, Morocco, Tunisia
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
Chinese
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
Macedonian
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4.2 Dialect 2
Sudanese
4.2.1 Where They Speak
Sudan
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
Chinese
17,000,000.00
Rank: 6 (Overall)
Dzongkha
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4.3 Dialect 3
Levantine
4.3.1 Where They Speak
Cyprus, Levant
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
Swedish
21,000,000.00
Rank: 3 (Overall)
Romanian
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4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
English
26
Rank: 22 (Overall)
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5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
English
452.00 million
Rank: 4 (Overall)
Abkhaz
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5.2 Speaking Population
Croatian
4.43 %
Rank: 6 (Overall)
Xhosa
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5.3 Native Speakers
Chinese
206.00 million
Rank: 6 (Overall)
Abkhaz
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5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
English
246.00 million
Rank: 2 (Overall)
Finnish
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5.3.2 Native Name
(al arabiya) العربية
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Al-’Arabiyya, Al-Fusha, Literary Arabic
5.3.4 French Name
arabe
5.3.5 German Name
Arabisch
5.4 Pronunciation
/al ʕarabijja/, /ʕarabi/
5.5 Ethnicity
Arabs
6 History
6.1 Origin
512 CE
6.2 Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family, Semitic Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
Semitic
6.2.2 Branch
North Arabic
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
No early forms
6.3.2 Standard Forms
Modern Standard Arabic
6.3.3 Language Position
Georgian
25
Rank: 21 (Overall)
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6.3.4 Signed Forms
Signed Arabic
6.4 Scope
Macrolanguage
7 Code
7.1 ISO 639 1
ar
7.2 ISO 639 2
7.2.1 ISO 639 2/T
ara
7.2.2 ISO 639 2/B
ara
7.3 ISO 639 3
ara
7.4 ISO 639 6
Not Available
7.5 Glottocode
arab1395
7.6 Linguasphere
12-AAC
7.7 Types of Language
7.7.1 Language Type
Living
7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
7.7.3 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.