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French vs Arabic


Arabic vs 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   
Not Available   

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   
13

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   
15
Not Available   

Dialect 2
African French   
Sudanese   

Where They Speak
Africa   
Sudan   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
17,000,000.00   
6

Dialect 3
Swiss French   
Levantine   

Where They Speak
Northeast France, Switzerland   
Cyprus, Levant   

How Many People Speak
1,800,000.00   
16
21,000,000.00   
3

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 %   
17
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
Not Available   
Arabs   

History

Origin
9th Century   
512 CE   

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

Subgroup
Romance   
Semitic   

Branch
Not Available   
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   
21

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   
Not Available   

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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French and Arabic Language History

Comparison of French vs Arabic language history gives us differences between origin of French and Arabic language. History of French language states that this language originated in 9th Century whereas history of Arabic language states that this language originated in 512 CE. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on French and Arabic Language History.

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French and Arabic 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 French and Arabic greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in French and Arabic language. French word for "Hello" is bonjour or Arabic word for "Thank You" is شكرا. Find more of such common French Greetings and Arabic Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

French vs Arabic Difficulty

The French vs Arabic difficulty level basically depends on the number of French Alphabets and Arabic 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 French and Arabic are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in French and Arabic, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn French is 24 weeks while to learn Arabic time required is 88 weeks.

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