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
Filipinos
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia, Australia
  
Africa, Asia
  
Minority Language
Australia, Canada, Guam, Hong Kong, New Zealand, Singapore, United Kingdom
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, National Languages Committee
  
Academy of the Arabic Language, Arabic Language International Council
  
Interesting Facts
- 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".
  
- 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
Filipino, Cebuano and Spanish Languages
  
Amharic and Hebrew
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Tagalog-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Arabic.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Baybayin
  
Arabic
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Kamusta
  
مرحبا
  
Thank You
Salamat po
  
شكرا
  
How Are You?
Kamusta ka na?
  
كيف حالك؟
  
Good Night
Magandang gabi
  
تصبح على خير
  
Good Evening
Magandang gabi po
  
مساء الخير
  
Good Afternoon
Magandang hapon po
  
مساء الخير
  
Good Morning
Magandang umaga po
  
صباح الخير
  
Please
pakiusap
  
من فضلك
  
Sorry
pinagsisisihan
  
آسف
  
Bye
Paálam
  
وداعا
  
I Love You
Iniibig kita
  
أحبك
  
Excuse Me
Ipagpaumanhin ninyo ako
  
اعذرني
  
Dialect 1
Batangas Tagalog
  
Maghrebi
  
Where They Speak
Batangas, Gabon
  
Algeria, Libya, Maghreb, Morocco, Tunisia
  
Dialect 2
Bisalog
  
Sudanese
  
Where They Speak
Philippines
  
Sudan
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
17,000,000.00
  
6
Dialect 3
Filipino
  
Levantine
  
Where They Speak
Philippines
  
Cyprus, Levant
  
How Many People Speak
21,000,000.00
  
3
How Many People Speak?
73.00 million
  
24
452.00 million
  
4
Native Speakers
28.00 million
  
29
206.00 million
  
6
Second Language Speakers
45.00 million
  
13
246.00 million
  
2
Native Name
Tagalog
  
(al arabiya) العربية
  
Alternative Names
Filipino, Pilipino
  
Al-’Arabiyya, Al-Fusha, Literary Arabic
  
French Name
tagalog
  
arabe
  
German Name
Tagalog
  
Arabisch
  
Pronunciation
[tɐˈɡaːloɡ]
  
/al ʕarabijja/, /ʕarabi/
  
Ethnicity
Tagalog people
  
Arabs
  
Origin
1593
  
512 CE
  
Language Family
Austronesian Family
  
Afro-Asiatic Family, Semitic Family
  
Subgroup
Indonesian
  
Semitic
  
Branch
Not Available
  
North Arabic
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Proto-Philippine, Old Tagalog, Classical Tagalog, Tagalog
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Filipino
  
Modern Standard Arabic
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Signed Arabic
  
Scope
Individual
  
Macrolanguage
  
ISO 639 1
t1
  
ar
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
tgl
  
ara
  
ISO 639 2/B
tgl
  
ara
  
ISO 639 3
tg1
  
ara
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
taga1269
  
arab1395
  
Linguasphere
31-CKA
  
12-AAC
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Object-Verb-Subject, Subject-Verb-Object, Verb-Object-Subject, Verb-Subject-Object
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Fusional, Synthetic
  
Tagalog and Arabic 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 Tagalog and Arabic greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Tagalog and Arabic language. Tagalog word for "Hello" is Kamusta or Arabic word for "Thank You" is شكرا. Find more of such common Tagalog Greetings and Arabic Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Tagalog vs Arabic Difficulty
The Tagalog vs Arabic difficulty level basically depends on the number of Tagalog Alphabets and Arabic 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 Tagalog and Arabic are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Tagalog and Arabic, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Tagalog is 44 weeks while to learn Arabic time required is 88 weeks.