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Arabic and Cebuano


Cebuano and Arabic


Countries

Countries
Algeria, Bahrain, Chad, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, Yemen   
Philippines   

Total No. Of Countries
23   
4
1   
14

National Language
Algeria, Bahrain, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, United Arab Emirates, Yemen   
Philippines   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Philippines   

Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia   
Asia   

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Regulated By
Academy of the Arabic Language, Arabic Language International Council   
Visayan Academy of Arts and Letters   

Interesting Facts
  • Arabic is 5th common language in world.
  • Classical Arabic is the language of Quran and also it is official language. Classical Arabic is the only way to learn Arabic language in academic way and it does not change.
  
  • About one-fifth of the population of the philippines speak cebuano and are second largest ethnolinguistic group in the country.
  • Cebuano contains many words of Spanish origin.
  

Similar To
Amharic and Hebrew   
Hiligaynon Language   

Derived From
Not Available   
Island of Cebu   

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Arabic.jpg#200   
Cebuano-Alphabets.jpg#200   

Alphabets
28   
10
21   
3

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8   
5
5   
2

How Many Consonants
28   
18
16   
6

Scripts
Arabic   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4   
3
2   
1

Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks   
13
3 weeks   
1

Greetings

Hello
مرحبا   
Hoy   

Thank You
شكرا   
Salamat   

How Are You?
كيف حالك؟   
Kumusta man ka?   

Good Night
تصبح على خير   
Maayong Gabii   

Good Evening
مساء الخير   
Maayong Gabii   

Good Afternoon
مساء الخير   
Maayong Hapon   

Good Morning
صباح الخير   
Maayong Buntag   

Please
من فضلك   
Palihug   

Sorry
آسف   
Ikasubo ko   

Bye
وداعا   
Babay   

I Love You
أحبك   
Gihigugma ko ikaw   

Excuse Me
اعذرني   
Ekskyus mi   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Maghrebi   
Boholano   

Where They Speak
Algeria, Libya, Maghreb, Morocco, Tunisia   
Bohol   

Dialect 2
Sudanese   
Southern Kana   

Where They Speak
Sudan   
southern Leyte   

How Many People Speak
17,000,000.00   
6
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Levantine   
North Kana   

Where They Speak
Cyprus, Levant   
northern part of Leyte   

How Many People Speak
21,000,000.00   
3
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
26   
22
4   
4

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
452.00 million   
4
Not Available   

Speaking Population
4.43 %   
6
0.32 %   
38

Native Speakers
206.00 million   
6
21.00 million   
36

Second Language Speakers
246.00 million   
2
14.50 million   
19

Native Name
(al arabiya) العربية   
Visayan   

Alternative Names
Al-’Arabiyya, Al-Fusha, Literary Arabic   
Binisaya, Bisayan, Sebuano, Sugbuanon, Sugbuhanon, Visayan   

French Name
arabe   
cebuano   

German Name
Arabisch   
Cebuano   

Pronunciation
/al ʕarabijja/, /ʕarabi/   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Arabs   
Cebuano people   

History

Origin
512 CE   
16th century   

Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family, Semitic Family   
Austronesian Family   

Subgroup
Semitic   
Not Available   

Branch
North Arabic   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Modern Standard Arabic   
Standard Cebuano   

Language Position
25   
21
62   
99+

Signed Forms
Signed Arabic   
Not Available   

Scope
Macrolanguage   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
ar   
No data Available   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ara   
ceb   

ISO 639 2/B
ara   
ceb   

ISO 639 3
ara   
ceb   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
arab1395   
cebu1242   

Linguasphere
12-AAC   
No data Available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object   
Verb-Subject-Object   

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic   
Not Available   

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All Arabic and Cebuano Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Arabic and Cebuano dialects. Various dialects of Arabic and Cebuano language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Arabic are spoken in different Arabic Speaking Countries whereas Cebuano Dialects are spoken in different Cebuano speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Arabic vs Cebuano Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Arabic dialects include: Maghrebi, Sudanese. Cebuano dialects include: Boholano , Southern Kana. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Arabic and Cebuano Speaking population

Arabic and Cebuano speaking population is one of the factors based on which Arabic and Cebuano languages can be compared. The total count of Arabic and Cebuano Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Arabic language is 4.43 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Cebuano language is 0.32 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Arabic and Cebuano on Arabic vs Cebuano where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Arabic and Cebuano Language Codes

Arabic and Cebuano language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Arabic and Cebuano Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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