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Arabic vs Cebuano


Cebuano vs 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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Arabic and Cebuano Language History

Comparison of Arabic vs Cebuano language history gives us differences between origin of Arabic and Cebuano language. History of Arabic language states that this language originated in 512 CE whereas history of Cebuano language states that this language originated in 16th century. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Arabic and Cebuano Language History.

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Arabic and Cebuano Greetings

People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Arabic and Cebuano greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Arabic and Cebuano language. Arabic word for "Hello" is مرحبا or Cebuano word for "Thank You" is Salamat. Find more of such common Arabic Greetings and Cebuano Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Arabic vs Cebuano Difficulty

The Arabic vs Cebuano difficulty level basically depends on the number of Arabic Alphabets and Cebuano Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Arabic and Cebuano are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Arabic and Cebuano, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Arabic is 88 weeks while to learn Cebuano time required is 3 weeks.

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