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Detailed comparison of Afrikaans and Arabic World Languages. Side by side look at similarities and differences for things like writing system, script(s) used, total number of speakers, noun declensions, no. of countries spoken in and more. Combined they a

There are 15 differences and 2 similarities between Afrikaans, Arabic

Language Family and Writing System
Writing System		Latin	vs	Arabic
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Script(s) Used		Afrikaans	vs	(al Arabiya)
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Family		Indo-european	vs	Afro-asiatic
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Subgroup		Germanic	vs	Semitic
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3 Letter Code		Afr	vs	Ara
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Number of Speakers
Number of Native speakers (millions)		6.2 million	vs	215 million
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Native Speakers as % of World		0.1 %	vs	4.7 %
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Total Number of Speakers (millions)		15.2 million	vs	452 million
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Total Speakers as % of World		0.2 %	vs	5.9 %
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Language Systems
Noun declensions		No	vs	Three Cases
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Sequence		Svo (some Vso)	vs	Vso
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Tonal		No	vs	No
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Agglutinative language		No	vs	No
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Geographic Distribution
Official language in		Algeria Bahrain Chad Comoros Djibouti Egypt Eritrea Iraq Israel Jordan Kuwait Lebanon Libya Mauritania Morocco Oman Palestine Qatar Saudi Arabia Somalia South Africa Sudan Syria Tunisia United Arab Emirates Western Sahara Yemen	vs	Algeria Bahrain Chad Comoros Djibouti Egypt Eritrea Iraq Israel Jordan Kuwait Lebanon Libya Mauritania Morocco Oman Palestine Qatar Saudi Arabia Somalia South Africa Sudan Syria Tunisia United Arab Emirates Western Sahara Yemen
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Official Language of United Nations		No	vs	Yes
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Countries Spoken In		South Africa, Nambia, Botswana, Zambia, Malawi, Zimbabwe, Lesotho, Swaziland	vs	Algeria, Bahrain, Chad, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, Western Sahara, Yemen, Niger, Mali, Senegal
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No. of Countries Spoken In		8	vs	30
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