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
Barbados, Belize, Botswana, Cameroon, Canada, Dominica, Fiji, Ghana, India, Ireland, Jamaica, Kenya, Malta, Mauritius, Micronesia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Samoa, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Somaliland, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda, United Kingdom, Zambia, Zimbabwe
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
Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Gibraltar, Grenada, Guam, Guyana, Jersey, Montserrat, Nauru, Singapore, Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom, United States of America
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
India, Nigeria, Pakistan, Singapore
Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, South America
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
South Africa
Regulated By
Academy of the Arabic Language, Arabic Language International Council
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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.
- Most of the English words begin with the letter S than any other letter.
- English is third most commonly spoken language in the world.
Similar To
Amharic and Hebrew
Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish and German Languages
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
How Are You?
كيف حالك؟
How are you?
Good Night
تصبح على خير
Good Night
Good Evening
مساء الخير
Good Evening
Good Afternoon
مساء الخير
Good Afternoon
Good Morning
صباح الخير
Good Morning
I Love You
أحبك
I love you
Excuse Me
اعذرني
Excuse Me
Dialect 1
Maghrebi
American English
Where They Speak
Algeria, Libya, Maghreb, Morocco, Tunisia
United States of America
Dialect 2
Sudanese
Hiberno-English
Where They Speak
Sudan
Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom
Dialect 3
Levantine
Welsh English
Where They Speak
Cyprus, Levant
United Kingdom
Native Name
(al arabiya) العربية
English
Alternative Names
Al-’Arabiyya, Al-Fusha, Literary Arabic
English
French Name
arabe
anglais
German Name
Arabisch
Englisch
Pronunciation
/al ʕarabijja/, /ʕarabi/
/ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ/
Ethnicity
Arabs
English people
Origin
512 CE
5th Century AD
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family, Semitic Family
Indo-European Family
Early Forms
No early forms
Old English, Middle English, Early Modern English and English
Standard Forms
Modern Standard Arabic
Standard English
Signed Forms
Signed Arabic
Signed English
Scope
Macrolanguage
Individual
Glottocode
arab1395
stan1293
Linguasphere
12-AAC
52-ABA
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
Analytic, Fusional, Isolating, Synthetic
Arabic and English Greetings
People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Arabic and English greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Arabic and English language. Arabic word for "Hello" is مرحبا or English word for "Thank You" is Thank you. Find more of such common Arabic Greetings and English Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Arabic vs English Difficulty
The Arabic vs English difficulty level basically depends on the number of Arabic Alphabets and English Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Arabic and English are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Arabic and English, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Arabic is 88 weeks while to learn English time required is 6 weeks.