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Arabic and French


Countries

Countries
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  
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
32  
3
23  
4

National Language
France  
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
Africa, Canada  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Africa, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, Pacific, South America  
Africa, Asia  

Minority Language
Brazil, Cambodia, United States of America, Vietnam  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
Académie française (French Academy), Office québécois de la langue française  
Academy of the Arabic Language, Arabic Language International Council  

Interesting Facts
  • French is the only language, with English, that is taught in every country of the world.
  • French is the top language in Culinary Scene.
  
  • 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
Italian Language  
Amharic and Hebrew  

Derived From
Latin  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26  
8
28  
10

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
8  
5

How Many Consonants
20  
10
28  
18

Scripts
Latin  
Arabic  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
4  
3

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks  
6
88 weeks  
19

Greetings

Hello
bonjour  
مرحبا  

Thank You
Merci  
شكرا  

How Are You?
Comment allez-vous?  
كيف حالك؟  

Good Night
bonne Nuit  
تصبح على خير  

Good Evening
bonsoir  
مساء الخير  

Good Afternoon
bon Après-Midi  
مساء الخير  

Good Morning
Bonjour  
صباح الخير  

Please
S'il vous plaît  
من فضلك  

Sorry
désolé  
آسف  

Bye
au revoir  
وداعا  

I Love You
Je t'aime  
أحبك  

Excuse Me
Excuse Moi  
اعذرني  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Quebec French  
Maghrebi  

Where They Speak
New Brunswick, New England, Ontario, Quebec, Western Canada  
Algeria, Libya, Maghreb, Morocco, Tunisia  

How Many People Speak
6,200,000.00  
99+
310,000,000.00  
2

Dialect 2
African French  
Sudanese  

Where They Speak
Africa  
Sudan  

How Many People Speak
274,000,000.00  
1
17,000,000.00  
29

Dialect 3
Swiss French  
Levantine  

Where They Speak
Northeast France, Switzerland  
Cyprus, Levant  

How Many People Speak
1,800,000.00  
99+
21,000,000.00  
23

Total No. Of Dialects
25  
21
26  
22

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
163.00 million  
11
452.00 million  
4

Speaking Population
1.12 %  
18
4.43 %  
6

Native Speakers
76.00 million  
13
206.00 million  
6

Second Language Speakers
87.00 million  
11
246.00 million  
2

Native Name
français  
(al arabiya) العربية  

Alternative Names
Français  
Al-’Arabiyya, Al-Fusha, Literary Arabic  

French Name
français  
arabe  

German Name
Französisch  
Arabisch  

Pronunciation
[fʁɑ̃sɛ]  
/al ʕarabijja/, /ʕarabi/  

Ethnicity
French people  
Arabs  

History

Origin
9th Century  
512 CE  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Afro-Asiatic Family, Semitic Family  

Subgroup
Romance  
Semitic  

Branch
-  
North Arabic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old French, Middle French and French  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Standard French  
Modern Standard Arabic  

Language Position
13  
12
25  
23

Signed Forms
le Français Signé (Signed French, France)  
Signed Arabic  

Scope
Individual  
Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
fr  
ar  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
fra  
ara  

ISO 639 2/B
fre  
ara  

ISO 639 3
fra  
ara  

ISO 639 6
fras  
ara  

Glottocode
stan1290  
arab1395  

Linguasphere
51-AAA-i  
12-AAC  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic  
Fusional, Synthetic  

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All French 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 French and Arabic dialects. Various dialects of French and Arabic language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of French are spoken in different French Speaking Countries whereas Arabic Dialects are spoken in different Arabic speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking French vs Arabic Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the French dialects include: Quebec French, African French. Arabic dialects include: Maghrebi , Sudanese. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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French and Arabic Speaking population

French and Arabic speaking population is one of the factors based on which French and Arabic languages can be compared. The total count of French and Arabic Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking French language is 1.12 % 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 French and Arabic on French vs Arabic where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

French and Arabic Language Codes

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

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