English and Arabic are one of the two top languages in the world. English is most spoken and written in countries like the United States of America, United Kingdom, New Zealand, Australia, etc. Arabic is most popular in middle eastern countries. Both the languages have their own history and culture which people are learning day by day. The most important factor in these languages is that they are very different from each other.

People often ask, “why should I learn this language?” The answer is why are you looking to learn it? Some people will say- we are learning this language to get a job and are looking to apply for higher education in English-speaking countries or in middle eastern countries. Let me try to answer some of the differences which you will find between English and Arabic.

Let us see some of the common differences:

Writing and Script:

In most languages, you will find the difference in the way it is written and the way there is a script. English script reads from left to right and Arabic reads from right to left. In most cases, those who are learning English do not use shortcuts. For example, if they need to write Mother, then they will have to write Mother. In Arabic, they can write the short form.

Vowel Sounds:

In English, there are five vowels (A, E, I, O, and U) while in the Arabic language there are six regular vowels and two regular ones. You will also notice that those who are learning Arabic will usually find it tough to learn English.

Verb Tenses:

In English you will find a lot of verb tenses but not in Arabic. For example, in English people say “I have completed my work” while in Arabic people will say “I have completed work”.

Alphabet:

One of the main differences in these two languages is the Alphabet between English and Arabic. English has 26 alphabets while Arabic has 28. Some letters are very common in English while some letters are not very common in Arabic.

Grammar:

In most of the languages you will find a difference in Grammar. Yes, this is the basic difference between these languages. You will find a lot of difference between English and Arabic. One example I can share in this scenario is that in English you can mention he/she. For example, He is my best friend.

The difference in exams:

There is a difference in exams in between these two languages. Yes, you got it right. In English, we have IELTS and TOEFL while in Arabic we have ALPT and ALCT. Both have different terminology and different meanings.

Pronunciation:

Yes, you got it eight. There is a lot of difference between English and Arabic in terms of pronunciation. When they speak any word, you can notice the difference between the words.

As you can notice by the above blog there are a lot of differences between these two languages. If you know any other similarity then please mention it in the comment section.