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
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Filipino-Alphabets.jpg#200
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Not Available
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
I Love You
أحبك
Mahal kita
Excuse Me
اعذرني
patawarin ninyo ako
Where They Speak
Algeria, Libya, Maghreb, Morocco, Tunisia
Philippines
Dialect 2
Sudanese
Hiligaynon
Where They Speak
Sudan
Philippines
Dialect 3
Levantine
Waray
Where They Speak
Cyprus, Levant
Philippines
Speaking Population
Not Available
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
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 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
arab1395
fili1244
Linguasphere
12-AAC
No Data Available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Not Available
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
Not Available
Arabic and Filipino 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 Filipino greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Arabic and Filipino language. Arabic word for "Hello" is مرحبا or Filipino word for "Thank You" is Salamat. Find more of such common Arabic Greetings and Filipino Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Arabic vs Filipino Difficulty
The Arabic vs Filipino difficulty level basically depends on the number of Arabic Alphabets and Filipino 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 Filipino are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Arabic and Filipino, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Arabic is 88 weeks while to learn Filipino time required is 44 weeks.