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
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Ilocano-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Arabic
Ilokano Braille, Latin
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Not Available
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
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
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
Dialect 3
Levantine
Not present
Where They Speak
Cyprus, Levant
Not present
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
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
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 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
arab1395
ilok1237
Linguasphere
12-AAC
31-CBA-a
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.