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
  
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
  
Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino
  
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.
  
- "Filipino" was officially declared as national language by the constitution in 1987.
- "Filipino" is the official name of Tagalog, or synonym of it.
  
Similar To
Amharic and Hebrew
  
Tagalog Language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Spanish Language
  
Alphabets in
Arabic.jpg#200
  
Filipino-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Arabic
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
مرحبا
  
Kumusta
  
Thank You
شكرا
  
Salamat
  
How Are You?
كيف حالك؟
  
Kumusta
  
Good Night
تصبح على خير
  
magandang gabi
  
Good Evening
مساء الخير
  
Magandang gabi
  
Good Afternoon
مساء الخير
  
Magandang hapon
  
Good Morning
صباح الخير
  
Magandang umaga
  
Please
من فضلك
  
Mangyaring
  
Sorry
آسف
  
pinagsisisihan
  
Bye
وداعا
  
Paalam
  
I Love You
أحبك
  
Mahal kita
  
Excuse Me
اعذرني
  
patawarin ninyo ako
  
Dialect 1
Maghrebi
  
Bikol
  
Where They Speak
Algeria, Libya, Maghreb, Morocco, Tunisia
  
Philippines
  
Dialect 2
Sudanese
  
Hiligaynon
  
Where They Speak
Sudan
  
Philippines
  
How Many People Speak
17,000,000.00
  
6
8,200,000.00
  
11
Dialect 3
Levantine
  
Waray
  
Where They Speak
Cyprus, Levant
  
Philippines
  
How Many People Speak
21,000,000.00
  
3
2,600,000.00
  
13
How Many People Speak?
452.00 million
  
4
90.00 million
  
17
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
206.00 million
  
6
45.00 million
  
23
Second Language Speakers
246.00 million
  
2
45.00 million
  
13
Native Name
(al arabiya) العربية
  
filipino
  
Alternative Names
Al-’Arabiyya, Al-Fusha, Literary Arabic
  
Pilipino
  
French Name
arabe
  
filipino; pilipino
  
German Name
Arabisch
  
Pilipino
  
Pronunciation
/al ʕarabijja/, /ʕarabi/
  
[ˌfɪl.ɪˈpiː.no]
  
Ethnicity
Arabs
  
Not Available
  
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
  
Filipino
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Signed Arabic
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Macrolanguage
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
ar
  
No Data Available
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
ara
  
fil
  
ISO 639 2/B
ara
  
fil
  
ISO 639 3
ara
  
fil
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
arab1395
  
fili1244
  
Linguasphere
12-AAC
  
No Data Available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
  
Not Available