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
Myanmar
Total No. Of Countries
231
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
Myanmar
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Bangladesh, Burma
Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Mon
Regulated By
Academy of the Arabic Language, Arabic Language International Council
Myanmar Language Commission
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.
- The naming of people in Burmese is strange. There is no last name, often name is rhymed such as Ming Ming, Mo Mo or Jo Jo.
- It appears as odd language to many people because it has peculiar pitch register, tonal form as language.
Similar To
Amharic and Hebrew
Thai Language
Derived From
-
Pali Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2833
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
812
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2833
9
60
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Scripts
Arabic
Tangut
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
43
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
مرحبا
မင်္ဂလာပါ (maingalarpar)
Thank You
شكرا
ကျေးဇူးတင်ပါသည် (kyaayyjuutainparsai)
How Are You?
كيف حالك؟
နေကောင်းလား? (naykaungglarr?)
Good Night
تصبح على خير
ကောင်းသောညပါ (kaunggsawnyapar)
Good Evening
مساء الخير
မင်္ဂလာညနေခင်းပါ (main g lar nyanayhkainn par)
Good Afternoon
مساء الخير
မင်္ဂလာနေ့လည်ခင်းပါ (main g lar naelaihkainn par)
Good Morning
صباح الخير
မင်္ဂလာနံနက်ခင်းပါ (main g lar nannaathkainnpar)
Please
من فضلك
ကျေးဇူးပြု (kyaayyjuupyu)
Sorry
آسف
တောင်းပန်ပါတယ် (taunggpaanpartaal)
Bye
وداعا
နုတ်ဆက်ပါတယ် (notesaatpartaal)
I Love You
أحبك
မင်းကိုချစ်တယ် (mainnkohkyittaal)
Excuse Me
اعذرني
ဆင်ခြေဆင်လက် ငါ့ကိုအ (Sainhkyaysainlaat ngarko a)
Dialect 1
Maghrebi
Arakanese
Where They Speak
Algeria, Libya, Maghreb, Morocco, Tunisia
Bangladesh, India, Myanmar
How Many People Speak
310,000,000.002,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Sudanese
Tavoyan
Where They Speak
Sudan
Myanmar
How Many People Speak
17,000,000.00440,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Levantine
Intha
Where They Speak
Cyprus, Levant
Burma
How Many People Speak
21,000,000.0090,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
265
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
452.00 million43.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
4.43 %0.50 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
206.00 million33.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
246.00 million10.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
(al arabiya) العربية
ဗမာစကား (bama saka)
Alternative Names
Al-’Arabiyya, Al-Fusha, Literary Arabic
Bama, Bamachaka, Myanmar, Myen, myanma bhasa
French Name
arabe
birman
German Name
Arabisch
Birmanisch
Pronunciation
/al ʕarabijja/, /ʕarabi/
[bəmɛ̀]
Ethnicity
Arabs
Bamar people
Origin
512 CE
1113 AD
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family, Semitic Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Subgroup
Semitic
Tibeto-Burman
Branch
North Arabic
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Old Burmese, Middle Burmese, Burmese
Standard Forms
Modern Standard Arabic
Modern Burmese
Language Position
2543
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Arabic
Burmese sign language
Scope
Macrolanguage
Individual
ISO 639 1
ar
my
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
ara
mya
ISO 639 2/B
ara
bur
ISO 639 3
ara
mya
ISO 639 6
ara
mya
Glottocode
arab1395
sout3159
Linguasphere
12-AAC
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
Analytic, Isolating