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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
33  
2
23  
4

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
-  
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  
-  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
English-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Arabic.jpg#200  

Alphabets
26  
8
28  
10

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
8  
5

How Many Consonants
21  
11
28  
18

Scripts
Latin  
Arabic  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
Right-To-Left, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
7  
6
4  
3

Time Taken to Learn
6 weeks  
3
88 weeks  
19

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
225,000,000.00  
4
310,000,000.00  
2

Dialect 2
Hiberno-English  
Sudanese  

Where They Speak
Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom  
Sudan  

How Many People Speak
4,500,000.00  
99+
17,000,000.00  
29

Dialect 3
Welsh English  
Levantine  

Where They Speak
United Kingdom  
Cyprus, Levant  

How Many People Speak
2,500,000.00  
99+
21,000,000.00  
23

Total No. Of Dialects
188  
34
26  
22

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
1,200.00 million  
1
452.00 million  
4

Speaking Population
5.43 %  
4
4.43 %  
6

Native Speakers
400.00 million  
3
206.00 million  
6

Second Language Speakers
400.00 million  
1
246.00 million  
2

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
-  
Semitic  

Branch
-  
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
3  
3
25  
23

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  

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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.

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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.

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