Learning language: Hebrew alphabet has 22 letters, whereas the Arabic alphabet has 28. Arabic letters are written in cursive; Hebrew letters cannot be joined.
Background: Arabic is Central Semitic. Hebrew is Northwest Semitic.
Arabic is not written in the same script as Hebrew nor is English written in the same script as Yiddish, however Arabic is in the same language family as Hebrew (Semitic) as English is with Yiddish (Germanic).
