Home
Languagevs


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   

Countries >>
<< All

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.

Compare Most Spoken Languages

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.

Most Spoken Languages

Most Spoken Languages

» More Most Spoken Languages

Compare Most Spoken Languages

» More Compare Most Spoken Languages