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
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
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
  
Commission on the Filipino Language
  
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.
  
- Ilocano was originally written with Baybayin syllabary, then gradually it was replaced by Latin alphabet.
- Northwest Luzon is the original Ilocano homeland.
  
Similar To
Amharic and Hebrew
  
Tagalog, Indonesian and Malaysian Languages
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Arabic.jpg#200
  
Ilocano-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Arabic
  
Ilokano Braille, Latin
  
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
Hello
مرحبا
  
Kablaaw
  
Thank You
شكرا
  
Agyamanak
  
How Are You?
كيف حالك؟
  
Kumusta?
  
Good Night
تصبح على خير
  
Naimbag a rabii
  
Good Evening
مساء الخير
  
Naimbag a sardam
  
Good Afternoon
مساء الخير
  
Naimbag a malem
  
Good Morning
صباح الخير
  
Naimbag a bigat
  
Please
من فضلك
  
Not available
  
Sorry
آسف
  
Agpakawanak
  
Bye
وداعا
  
Pakada
  
I Love You
أحبك
  
Ayayatenka
  
Excuse Me
اعذرني
  
Maawan-dayawen
  
Dialect 1
Maghrebi
  
Balangao
  
Where They Speak
Algeria, Libya, Maghreb, Morocco, Tunisia
  
Philippines
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Sudanese
  
Bontoc
  
Where They Speak
Sudan
  
Philippines
  
How Many People Speak
17,000,000.00
  
6
Dialect 3
Levantine
  
Not present
  
Where They Speak
Cyprus, Levant
  
Not present
  
How Many People Speak
21,000,000.00
  
3
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
452.00 million
  
4
9.10 million
  
99+
Native Speakers
206.00 million
  
6
9.10 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
246.00 million
  
2
Not Available
  
Native Name
(al arabiya) العربية
  
ilokano
  
Alternative Names
Al-’Arabiyya, Al-Fusha, Literary Arabic
  
Ilokano, Iloko
  
French Name
arabe
  
ilocano
  
German Name
Arabisch
  
Ilokano-Sprache
  
Pronunciation
/al ʕarabijja/, /ʕarabi/
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Arabs
  
Ilocano people
  
Origin
512 CE
  
18th 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
  
Modern Ilocano
  
Signed Forms
Signed Arabic
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Macrolanguage
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
ar
  
No data available
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
ara
  
ilo
  
ISO 639 2/B
ara
  
ilo
  
ISO 639 3
ara
  
ilo
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
arab1395
  
ilok1237
  
Linguasphere
12-AAC
  
31-CBA-a
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
  
Not Available
  
Arabic and Ilocano 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 Ilocano greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Arabic and Ilocano language. Arabic word for "Hello" is مرحبا or Ilocano word for "Thank You" is Agyamanak. Find more of such common Arabic Greetings and Ilocano Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Arabic vs Ilocano Difficulty
The Arabic vs Ilocano difficulty level basically depends on the number of Arabic Alphabets and Ilocano 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 Ilocano are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Arabic and Ilocano, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Arabic is 88 weeks while to learn Ilocano time required is Not Available.