Arabic is another language with a non-Latin alphabet. Its 28 script letters are easier for English speakers to comprehend than the thousands of Chinese characters, but it's still an adjustment to become familiar with a new writing system. ... There are also characteristics of spoken Arabic that make it hard to learn.

How long does it take to learn Arabic?

It's estimated that in order to learn Arabic properly, it will take an English speaker at least 2200 hours of Arabic classes over 80 weeks - or rather, one and a half years of consistent language study.

Is Arabic a difficult language to learn?

For the reasons listed above, among others, Arabic is a challenging language to learn. If you're an English speaker, you'll need to spend more hours studying Arabic than you would studying Spanish to get up to a similar level. But a harder language is not an unlearnable language.