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Countries

Countries

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
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

Total No. Of Countries

3323
0 46
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National Language

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
Algeria, Bahrain, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, United Arab Emirates, Yemen

Second Language

India, Nigeria, Pakistan, Singapore
Not spoken in any of the countries

Speaking Continents

Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, South America
Africa, Asia

Minority Language

South Africa
Not spoken in any of the countries

Regulated By

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Academy of the Arabic Language, Arabic Language International Council

Interesting Facts

  • Most of the English words begin with the letter S than any other letter.
  • English is third most commonly spoken language in the world.
  • 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.

Similar To

Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish and German Languages
Amharic and Hebrew

Derived From

Latin
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Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

2628
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

58
0 32
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How Many Consonants

2128
9 60
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Scripts

Latin
Arabic

Writing Direction

Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Right-To-Left, Horizontal

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

74
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

6 weeks88 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

Hello
مرحبا

Thank You

Thank you
شكرا

How Are You?

How are you?
كيف حالك؟

Good Night

Good Night
تصبح على خير

Good Evening

Good Evening
مساء الخير

Good Afternoon

Good Afternoon
مساء الخير

Good Morning

Good Morning
صباح الخير

Please

Please
من فضلك

Sorry

Sorry
آسف

Bye

Bye
وداعا

I Love You

I love you
أحبك

Excuse Me

Excuse Me
اعذرني

Dialects

Dialect 1

American English
Maghrebi

Where They Speak

United States of America
Algeria, Libya, Maghreb, Morocco, Tunisia

How Many People Speak

225,000,000.00310,000,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Hiberno-English
Sudanese

Where They Speak

Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom
Sudan

How Many People Speak

4,500,000.0017,000,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Welsh English
Levantine

Where They Speak

United Kingdom
Cyprus, Levant

How Many People Speak

2,500,000.0021,000,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

18826
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

1,200.00 million452.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

5.43 %4.43 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

400.00 million206.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

400.00 million246.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

English
(al arabiya) العربية

Alternative Names

English
Al-’Arabiyya, Al-Fusha, Literary Arabic

French Name

anglais
arabe

German Name

Englisch
Arabisch

Pronunciation

/ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ/
/al ʕarabijja/, /ʕarabi/

Ethnicity

English people
Arabs

History

Origin

5th Century AD
512 CE

Language Family

Indo-European Family
Afro-Asiatic Family, Semitic Family

Subgroup

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Semitic

Branch

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North Arabic

Language Forms

Early Forms

Old English, Middle English, Early Modern English and English
No early forms

Standard Forms

Standard English
Modern Standard Arabic

Language Position

325
1 120
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Signed Forms

Signed English
Signed Arabic

Scope

Individual
Macrolanguage

Code

ISO 639 1

en
ar

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

eng
ara

ISO 639 2/B

eng
ara

ISO 639 3

eng
ara

ISO 639 6

engs
ara

Glottocode

stan1293
arab1395

Linguasphere

52-ABA
12-AAC

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object

Language Morphological Typology

Analytic, Fusional, Isolating, Synthetic
Fusional, Synthetic

English and Arabic Alphabets

English and Arabic Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in English and Arabic. In English Alphabets there are 26 letters while in Arabic Alphabets there are 28 letters. To learn English and Arabic languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of English and Arabic languages. The English phonology consist English vowels and English consonants. After alphabets, words are to be learned and after words, phrases in that language. Take a look at English greetings vs Arabic greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether English and Arabic are Most Spoken Languages.

All English and Arabic Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all English and Arabic dialects. Various dialects of English and Arabic language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of English are spoken in different English Speaking Countries whereas Arabic Dialects are spoken in different Arabic speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking English vs Arabic Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the English dialects include: American English, Hiberno-English. Arabic dialects include: Maghrebi , Sudanese. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

English and Arabic Speaking population

English and Arabic speaking population is one of the factors based on which English and Arabic languages can be compared. The total count of English and Arabic Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking English language is 5.43 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Arabic language is 4.43 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak English and Arabic on English vs Arabic where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

English and Arabic Language Codes

English and Arabic language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. English and Arabic Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.