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Hindi vs Arabic


Arabic vs Hindi


Countries

Countries
Fiji, India   
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
2   
13
23   
4

National Language
India   
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
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Asia, Oceania   
Africa, Asia   

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Regulated By
Central Hindi Directorate   
Academy of the Arabic Language, Arabic Language International Council   

Interesting Facts
  • In Hindi language, nouns are followed by post positions.
  • In Hindi, there are many familiar words in English which are in Hindi or of Hindi origin.
  
  • 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
Urdu   
Amharic and Hebrew   

Derived From
Sanskrit Language   
Not Available   

Alphabets

Alphabets in
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Arabic.jpg#200   

Alphabets
44   
24
28   
10

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
11   
8
8   
5

How Many Consonants
33   
23
28   
18

Scripts
Devanagari   
Arabic   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4   
3
4   
3

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
88 weeks   
13

Greetings

Hello
नमस्ते (Namastē)   
مرحبا   

Thank You
धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda)   
شكرا   

How Are You?
तुम कैसे हो? (Tuma kaisē hō?)   
كيف حالك؟   

Good Night
शुभरात्रि (Śubharātri)   
تصبح على خير   

Good Evening
शुभ सन्ध्या (shubh sandhya)   
مساء الخير   

Good Afternoon
दोपहर के बाद नमस्कार (dopahar ke bad namaskar)   
مساء الخير   

Good Morning
सुप्रभात (Suprabhāta)   
صباح الخير   

Please
कृपया (Kr̥payā)   
من فضلك   

Sorry
खेद (Khēda)   
آسف   

Bye
अलविदा (Alavidā)   
وداعا   

I Love You
मैं आपसे प्यार करता (Maiṁ āpasē pyāra karatā)   
أحبك   

Excuse Me
मुझे माफ करें (Mujhē māpha karēṁ)   
اعذرني   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Khariboli   
Maghrebi   

Where They Speak
Delhi, Haryana, Western Uttar Pradesh   
Algeria, Libya, Maghreb, Morocco, Tunisia   

How Many People Speak
240,000,000.00   
2
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Marwari   
Sudanese   

Where They Speak
Gujarat, Haryana, Rajasthan, Sindh   
Sudan   

How Many People Speak
22,000,000.00   
3
17,000,000.00   
6

Dialect 3
Bundeli   
Levantine   

Where They Speak
Bundelkhand   
Cyprus, Levant   

How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00   
4
21,000,000.00   
3

Total No. Of Dialects
21   
19
26   
22

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
380.00 million   
5
452.00 million   
4

Speaking Population
4.70 %   
5
4.43 %   
6

Native Speakers
260.00 million   
4
206.00 million   
6

Second Language Speakers
120.00 million   
6
246.00 million   
2

Native Name
हिन्दी   
(al arabiya) العربية   

Alternative Names
Khadi Boli, Khari Boli   
Al-’Arabiyya, Al-Fusha, Literary Arabic   

French Name
hindi   
arabe   

German Name
Hindi   
Arabisch   

Pronunciation
[ˈmaːnək ˈɦin̪d̪iː]   
/al ʕarabijja/, /ʕarabi/   

Ethnicity
Hindustani people   
Arabs   

History

Origin
7th Century   
512 CE   

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

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian   
Semitic   

Branch
Indic   
North Arabic   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Standard Hindi   
Modern Standard Arabic   

Language Position
5   
5
25   
21

Signed Forms
Indian Signing System   
Signed Arabic   

Scope
Individual   
Macrolanguage   

Code

ISO 639 1
hi   
ar   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
hin   
ara   

ISO 639 2/B
hin   
ara   

ISO 639 3
hin   
ara   

ISO 639 6
hins   
Not Available   

Glottocode
hind1269   
arab1395   

Linguasphere
59-AAF-qf   
12-AAC   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Verb-Object   

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic   
Fusional, Synthetic   

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Hindi and Arabic Language History

Comparison of Hindi vs Arabic language history gives us differences between origin of Hindi and Arabic language. History of Hindi language states that this language originated in 7th 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 Hindi and Arabic Language History.

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

Hindi vs Arabic Difficulty

The Hindi vs Arabic difficulty level basically depends on the number of Hindi 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 Hindi and Arabic are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Hindi and Arabic, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Hindi is 44 weeks while to learn Arabic time required is 88 weeks.

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