Languages In Arabic: List With Pronunciation and Quiz

Learn how to say names of languages in Arabic with our Arabic Vocabulary List.

When meeting people and talking to them in Arabic, you can almost be sure that someone will ask you what languages you know or what your language is. So it is worth memorizing the name of your language/s in Arabic, so that you can answer these questions with confidence.

Today you are going to learn names of common languages such as Chinese, English, German, Russian and many more in Arabic. Of course you will also get to know how to say Arabic in Arabic (yes, there is more than one way to do that).

Our Vocabulary Lists always include simplified pronunciation of Arabic words, so even if you don’t know how to write yet, you can still learn new words.

At the end of this lesson you can find a quick quiz from the Arabic names of languages. Each lesson on our website includes quiz so if you want to test yourself more check our Arabic Vocabulary Lists.

Although our vocabulary lists include the pronunciation of Arabic words it is still better to learn the Arabic alphabet. If you don’t know the Arabic alphabet yet check our post: Arabic alphabet – All you need to know to write in Arabic.

The word language in Arabic

The Arabic words for language is

لُغَة [lugha]

Plural for language in Arabic is

لُغات [lughaat]

Due to the fact that Arabic has many dialects, other useful word is the word عامِّيَّة [3ammiyya], which means colloquial language.

How to say Arabic in Arabic?

The full Arabic name for Arabic is اللُغَة العَرَبِيَّة [al-lughatu al-3arabiyya] which literally means the Arabic language.

اللُغَة العَرَبِيَّة [al-lughatu al-3arabiyya]

You don’t need to add the word ‘language’ though, you can say العَرَبِيَّة [al-3arabiyya] which basically means Arabic. We will put all the languages on the list below in this form as it is faster to say.

العَرَبِيَّة [al-3arabiyya]

You may also often hear the word الفُصْحَى [al-fuSHaa] which means the classical Arabic.

Note that in spoken Arabic people often use عَرَبِيّ [3arabiyy] while speaking about Arabic language.

How to say English in Arabic?

You will probably say and hear the word English often while speaking to native speakers in Arabic.

To say English in Arabic you need the word الإنْجْليزيّة‬ [. al-injliiziyya].

Languages in Arabic – 45 common languages names in Arabic

*You may also want to learn: Learn names of nationalities in Arabic and Arabic names of countries.

English	Arabic	Pronunciation
English	الإنْجْليزيّة‬	al-injliiziyya
Chinese	الصّينِيّة	aS-Siiniyya
Cantonese	الكانْتونِيَّة	al-kaantuuniyya
Hindi	الهِنْدِيَّة	al-hindiyya
Spanish	الإسْبانِيَّة	al-isbaaniyaa
French	الفَرَنْسِيَّة	al-faransiyya
Arabic	العَرَبِيَّة	al-3arabiyya
Bengali	البَنْغالِيَّة	al-banghaaliyya
Russian	الرّوسِيَّة	ar-ruusiyya
Portuguese	البُرْتُغالِيَّة	al-burtughaaliyya
Urdu	الأورْدِيَّة	al-uurdiyya
Indonesian	الإنْدونيسِيَّة	al-induuniisiyya
German	الألمانِيَّة	al-almaaniyya
Japanese	اليابانِيَّة	al-yaabaaniyya
Turkish	التُّرْكِيَّة	at-turkiyya
Tamil	التّاميلِيَّة	at-taamiiliyya
Vietnamese	الفيتْنامِيَّة	al-fiitnaamiyya
Filipino	الفِلِبينِيَّة	al-filibiiniyya
Tagalog	التَّغَلوغ	at-taghaluugh
Korean	الكورِيَّة	al-kuuriyya
Persian	الفارِسِيَّة	al-faarisiyya
Swahili	السَّواحِلِيَّة	as-sawaaHiliyya
Italian	الإيطالِيَّة	al-iiTaaliyya
Polish	البولَنْدِيَّة	al-buulandiyya
Dutch	الهولَنْدِيَّة	al-huulandiyya
Greek	اليونانِيَّة	al-yuunaaniyya
Finnish	الفِنْلَنْدِيَّة	al-finlandiyya
Swedish	السُّوَيْدِيَّة	as-suwaidiyya
Czech	التّشيكِيَّة	at-tshiikiyya
Estonian	الإسْتونِيَّة	al-istuuniyya
Hungarian	المَجَرِيَّة	al-majariyya
Latvian	اللاتْفِيَّة	al-laatfiyya
Lithuanian	الليتُوانِيَّة	al-liituwaaniyya
Slovak	السّلوفاكِيَّة	as-sluufakiyya
Slovenian	السّلوفينِيَّة	as-sluufiiniyya
Bulgarian	البُلْغارِيَّة	al-bulghaariyya
Romanian	الرومانِيَّة	ar-ruumaaniyya
Croatian	الكُرْواتِيَّة	al-kurwaatiyya
Thai	التّايْلانْدِيَّة	at-taaylaandiyya
Ukrainian	الأُوكْرانِيَّة	al-uukraaniyya
Uzbek	الأُزْبِكِيَّة	al-uzbikiyya
Kazakh	الكازاخِيَّة	al-kaazaakhiyya
Hebrew	العِبْرِيَّة	al-3ibriyya
Norwegian	النُّرْويجِيَّة	an-nurwiijiyya

Languages in Arabic Quiz

Quizzes are a great tool to practice your vocabulary. All the Arabic vocabulary lists on our website contain quizzes at the end of each lesson, to help you remember newly learned words. To check more Arabic Quizzes go to -> Selfarabic – Arabic Vocabulary Quizzes

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