Countries
Philippines
  
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
  
National Language
Philippines
  
Algeria, Bahrain, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, United Arab Emirates, Yemen
  
Second Language
Philippines
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Africa, Asia
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino
  
Academy of the Arabic Language, Arabic Language International Council
  
Interesting Facts
- "Filipino" was officially declared as national language by the constitution in 1987.
- "Filipino" is the official name of Tagalog, or synonym of it.
  
- 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.
  
Similar To
Tagalog Language
  
Amharic and Hebrew
  
Derived From
Spanish Language
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Filipino-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Arabic.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Arabic
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Kumusta
  
مرحبا
  
Thank You
Salamat
  
شكرا
  
How Are You?
Kumusta
  
كيف حالك؟
  
Good Night
magandang gabi
  
تصبح على خير
  
Good Evening
Magandang gabi
  
مساء الخير
  
Good Afternoon
Magandang hapon
  
مساء الخير
  
Good Morning
Magandang umaga
  
صباح الخير
  
Please
Mangyaring
  
من فضلك
  
Sorry
pinagsisisihan
  
آسف
  
Bye
Paalam
  
وداعا
  
I Love You
Mahal kita
  
أحبك
  
Excuse Me
patawarin ninyo ako
  
اعذرني
  
Dialect 1
Bikol
  
Maghrebi
  
Where They Speak
Philippines
  
Algeria, Libya, Maghreb, Morocco, Tunisia
  
Dialect 2
Hiligaynon
  
Sudanese
  
Where They Speak
Philippines
  
Sudan
  
How Many People Speak
8,200,000.00
  
11
17,000,000.00
  
6
Dialect 3
Waray
  
Levantine
  
Where They Speak
Philippines
  
Cyprus, Levant
  
How Many People Speak
2,600,000.00
  
13
21,000,000.00
  
3
How Many People Speak?
90.00 million
  
17
452.00 million
  
4
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
45.00 million
  
23
206.00 million
  
6
Second Language Speakers
45.00 million
  
13
246.00 million
  
2
Native Name
filipino
  
(al arabiya) العربية
  
Alternative Names
Pilipino
  
Al-’Arabiyya, Al-Fusha, Literary Arabic
  
French Name
filipino; pilipino
  
arabe
  
German Name
Pilipino
  
Arabisch
  
Pronunciation
[ˌfɪl.ɪˈpiː.no]
  
/al ʕarabijja/, /ʕarabi/
  
Ethnicity
Not Available
  
Arabs
  
Origin
16th Century
  
512 CE
  
Language Family
Austronesian Family
  
Afro-Asiatic Family, Semitic Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Semitic
  
Branch
Not Available
  
North Arabic
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Filipino
  
Modern Standard Arabic
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Signed Arabic
  
Scope
Individual
  
Macrolanguage
  
ISO 639 1
No Data Available
  
ar
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
fil
  
ara
  
ISO 639 2/B
fil
  
ara
  
ISO 639 3
fil
  
ara
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
fili1244
  
arab1395
  
Linguasphere
No Data Available
  
12-AAC
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Fusional, Synthetic