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
Belgium, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Canada, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo, Cote d'Ivoire, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gabon, Guernesey, Guinea, Haiti, Italy, Jersey, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritius, Monaco, Niger, Rwanda, Senegal, Seychelles, Switzerland, Togo, Vanuatu
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
France
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Africa, Canada
Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia
Africa, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, Pacific, South America
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Brazil, Cambodia, United States of America, Vietnam
Regulated By
Academy of the Arabic Language, Arabic Language International Council
Académie française (French Academy), Office québécois de la langue française
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.
- French is the only language, with English, that is taught in every country of the world.
- French is the top language in Culinary Scene.
Similar To
Amharic and Hebrew
Italian Language
Derived From
Not Available
Latin
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
How Are You?
كيف حالك؟
Comment allez-vous?
Good Night
تصبح على خير
bonne Nuit
Good Evening
مساء الخير
bonsoir
Good Afternoon
مساء الخير
bon Après-Midi
Good Morning
صباح الخير
Bonjour
Please
من فضلك
S'il vous plaît
I Love You
أحبك
Je t'aime
Excuse Me
اعذرني
Excuse Moi
Dialect 1
Maghrebi
Quebec French
Where They Speak
Algeria, Libya, Maghreb, Morocco, Tunisia
New Brunswick, New England, Ontario, Quebec, Western Canada
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Sudanese
African French
Where They Speak
Sudan
Africa
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Levantine
Swiss French
Where They Speak
Cyprus, Levant
Northeast France, Switzerland
Native Name
(al arabiya) العربية
français
Alternative Names
Al-’Arabiyya, Al-Fusha, Literary Arabic
Français
French Name
arabe
français
German Name
Arabisch
Französisch
Pronunciation
/al ʕarabijja/, /ʕarabi/
[fʁɑ̃sɛ]
Ethnicity
Arabs
Not Available
Origin
512 CE
9th Century
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family, Semitic Family
Indo-European Family
Branch
North Arabic
Not Available
Early Forms
No early forms
Old French, Middle French and French
Standard Forms
Modern Standard Arabic
Standard French
Signed Forms
Signed Arabic
le Français Signé (Signed French, France)
Scope
Macrolanguage
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
fras
Glottocode
arab1395
stan1290
Linguasphere
12-AAC
51-AAA-i
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
Fusional, Synthetic
Arabic and French 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 French greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Arabic and French language. Arabic word for "Hello" is مرحبا or French word for "Thank You" is Merci. Find more of such common Arabic Greetings and French Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Arabic vs French Difficulty
The Arabic vs French difficulty level basically depends on the number of Arabic Alphabets and French 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 French are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Arabic and French, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Arabic is 88 weeks while to learn French time required is 24 weeks.