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
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 in
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Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Not Available
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
I Love You
أحبك
Gihigugma ko ikaw
Excuse Me
اعذرني
Ekskyus mi
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
Not Available
Dialect 3
Levantine
North Kana
Where They Speak
Cyprus, Levant
northern part of Leyte
How Many People Speak
Not Available
How Many People Speak?
Not Available
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
Origin
512 CE
16th century
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family, Semitic Family
Austronesian Family
Subgroup
Semitic
Not Available
Branch
North Arabic
Not Available
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Modern Standard Arabic
Standard Cebuano
Signed Forms
Signed Arabic
Not Available
Scope
Macrolanguage
Individual
ISO 639 1
ar
No data Available
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
arab1395
cebu1242
Linguasphere
12-AAC
No data Available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Verb-Subject-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
Not Available
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.