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
Filipinos
Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia
Asia, Australia
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Australia, Canada, Guam, Hong Kong, New Zealand, Singapore, United Kingdom
Regulated By
Academy of the Arabic Language, Arabic Language International Council
Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, National Languages Committee
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.
- In 1593, "Doctrina Christiana" was first book written in two versions of Tagalog.
- The name "Tagalog" means "native to" and "river". "Tagalog"is derived from taga ilog, which means "inhabitants of the river".
Similar To
Amharic and Hebrew
Filipino, Cebuano and Spanish Languages
Derived From
Not Available
Not Available
Alphabets in
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Tagalog-Alphabets.jpg#200
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Thank You
شكرا
Salamat po
How Are You?
كيف حالك؟
Kamusta ka na?
Good Night
تصبح على خير
Magandang gabi
Good Evening
مساء الخير
Magandang gabi po
Good Afternoon
مساء الخير
Magandang hapon po
Good Morning
صباح الخير
Magandang umaga po
I Love You
أحبك
Iniibig kita
Excuse Me
اعذرني
Ipagpaumanhin ninyo ako
Dialect 1
Maghrebi
Batangas Tagalog
Where They Speak
Algeria, Libya, Maghreb, Morocco, Tunisia
Batangas, Gabon
Dialect 2
Sudanese
Bisalog
Where They Speak
Sudan
Philippines
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Levantine
Filipino
Where They Speak
Cyprus, Levant
Philippines
Native Name
(al arabiya) العربية
Tagalog
Alternative Names
Al-’Arabiyya, Al-Fusha, Literary Arabic
Filipino, Pilipino
French Name
arabe
tagalog
German Name
Arabisch
Tagalog
Pronunciation
/al ʕarabijja/, /ʕarabi/
[tɐˈɡaːloɡ]
Ethnicity
Arabs
Tagalog people
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family, Semitic Family
Austronesian Family
Subgroup
Semitic
Indonesian
Branch
North Arabic
Not Available
Early Forms
No early forms
Proto-Philippine, Old Tagalog, Classical Tagalog, Tagalog
Standard Forms
Modern Standard Arabic
Filipino
Signed Forms
Signed Arabic
Not Available
Scope
Macrolanguage
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
arab1395
taga1269
Linguasphere
12-AAC
31-CKA
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Object-Verb-Subject, Subject-Verb-Object, Verb-Object-Subject, Verb-Subject-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
Not Available
Arabic and Tagalog 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 Tagalog greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Arabic and Tagalog language. Arabic word for "Hello" is مرحبا or Tagalog word for "Thank You" is Salamat po. Find more of such common Arabic Greetings and Tagalog Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Arabic vs Tagalog Difficulty
The Arabic vs Tagalog difficulty level basically depends on the number of Arabic Alphabets and Tagalog 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 Tagalog are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Arabic and Tagalog, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Arabic is 88 weeks while to learn Tagalog time required is 44 weeks.