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
Japan
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
Japan
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia
Asia, Pacific
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Palau
Regulated By
Academy of the Arabic Language, Arabic Language International Council
Agency for Cultural Affairs (文化庁) at the Ministry of Education
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.
- In Japanese Language, there are 4 different ways to address people: kun, chan, san and sama.
- There are many words in Japanese language which end with vowel letter, which determines the structure and rhythm of Japanese.
Similar To
Amharic and Hebrew
Korean Language
Derived From
Not Available
Not Available
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Hello
مرحبا
こんにちは (Kon'nichiwa)
Thank You
شكرا
ありがとう (Arigatō)
How Are You?
كيف حالك؟
お元気ですか (O genki desu ka?)
Good Night
تصبح على خير
おやすみなさい (Oyasuminasai)
Good Evening
مساء الخير
こんばんは (Konbanwa)
Good Afternoon
مساء الخير
こんにちは (Konnichiwa!)
Good Morning
صباح الخير
おはよう (Ohayō)
Please
من فضلك
お願いします (Onegaishimasu)
Sorry
آسف
ごめんなさい (Gomen'nasai)
Bye
وداعا
さようなら (Sayōnara)
I Love You
أحبك
愛しています (Aishiteimasu)
Excuse Me
اعذرني
すみません (Sumimasen)
Dialect 1
Maghrebi
Sanuki
Where They Speak
Algeria, Libya, Maghreb, Morocco, Tunisia
Kagawa
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Sudanese
Hakata
Where They Speak
Sudan
Fukuoka
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Levantine
Kansai
Where They Speak
Cyprus, Levant
kansai
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
(al arabiya) العربية
日本語
Alternative Names
Al-’Arabiyya, Al-Fusha, Literary Arabic
Not Available
French Name
arabe
japonais
German Name
Arabisch
Japanisch
Pronunciation
/al ʕarabijja/, /ʕarabi/
/nihoɴɡo/: [nihõŋɡo], [nihõŋŋo]
Ethnicity
Arabs
Japanese (Yamato)
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family, Semitic Family
Japonic Family
Subgroup
Semitic
Not Available
Branch
North Arabic
Not Available
Early Forms
No early forms
Old Japanese, Early Middle Japanese, Late Middle Japanese and Early Modern Japanese
Standard Forms
Modern Standard Arabic
Japanese
Signed Forms
Signed Arabic
Signed Japanese
Scope
Macrolanguage
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
arab1395
nucl1643
Linguasphere
12-AAC
45-CAA-a
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
Agglutinative, Synthetic
Arabic and Japanese 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 Japanese greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Arabic and Japanese language. Arabic word for "Hello" is مرحبا or Japanese word for "Thank You" is ありがとう (Arigatō). Find more of such common Arabic Greetings and Japanese Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Arabic vs Japanese Difficulty
The Arabic vs Japanese difficulty level basically depends on the number of Arabic Alphabets and Japanese 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 Japanese are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Arabic and Japanese, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Arabic is 88 weeks while to learn Japanese time required is 88 weeks.