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Arabic vs Filipino


Filipino 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  
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

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

Alphabets
28  
10
28  
10

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8  
5
5  
2

How Many Consonants
28  
18
23  
13

Scripts
Arabic  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal  
Not Available  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4  
3
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks  
13
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

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  

Dialects

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

Total No. Of Dialects
26  
22
8  
8

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
452.00 million  
4
90.00 million  
17

Speaking Population
4.43 %  
6
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  

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  
Filipino  

Language Position
25  
21
Not Available  

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  
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  

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Arabic and Filipino Language History

Comparison of Arabic vs Filipino language history gives us differences between origin of Arabic and Filipino language. History of Arabic language states that this language originated in 512 CE whereas history of Filipino 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 Filipino Language History.

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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.

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