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Cebuano and Arabic


Arabic and Cebuano


Countries

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  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
23  
4

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
Visayan Academy of Arts and Letters  
Academy of the Arabic Language, Arabic Language International Council  

Interesting Facts
  • About one-fifth of the population of the philippines speak cebuano and are second largest ethnolinguistic group in the country.
  • Cebuano contains many words of Spanish origin.
  
  • 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
Hiligaynon Language  
Amharic and Hebrew  

Derived From
Island of Cebu  
-  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Cebuano-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Arabic.jpg#200  

Alphabets
21  
3
28  
10

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
8  
5

How Many Consonants
16  
6
28  
18

Scripts
Latin  
Arabic  

Writing Direction
-  
Right-To-Left, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
2  
1
4  
3

Time Taken to Learn
3 weeks  
1
88 weeks  
19

Greetings

Hello
Hoy  
مرحبا  

Thank You
Salamat  
شكرا  

How Are You?
Kumusta man ka?  
كيف حالك؟  

Good Night
Maayong Gabii  
تصبح على خير  

Good Evening
Maayong Gabii  
مساء الخير  

Good Afternoon
Maayong Hapon  
مساء الخير  

Good Morning
Maayong Buntag  
صباح الخير  

Please
Palihug  
من فضلك  

Sorry
Ikasubo ko  
آسف  

Bye
Babay  
وداعا  

I Love You
Gihigugma ko ikaw  
أحبك  

Excuse Me
Ekskyus mi  
اعذرني  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Boholano  
Maghrebi  

Where They Speak
Bohol  
Algeria, Libya, Maghreb, Morocco, Tunisia  

How Many People Speak
21,000,000.00  
28
310,000,000.00  
2

Dialect 2
Southern Kana  
Sudanese  

Where They Speak
southern Leyte  
Sudan  

How Many People Speak
21,000,000.00  
25
17,000,000.00  
29

Dialect 3
North Kana  
Levantine  

Where They Speak
northern part of Leyte  
Cyprus, Levant  

How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00  
24
21,000,000.00  
23

Total No. Of Dialects
4  
4
26  
22

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
20.00 million  
99+
452.00 million  
4

Speaking Population
0.32 %  
40
4.43 %  
6

Native Speakers
21.00 million  
36
206.00 million  
6

Second Language Speakers
14.50 million  
35
246.00 million  
2

Native Name
Visayan  
(al arabiya) العربية  

Alternative Names
Binisaya, Bisayan, Sebuano, Sugbuanon, Sugbuhanon, Visayan  
Al-’Arabiyya, Al-Fusha, Literary Arabic  

French Name
cebuano  
arabe  

German Name
Cebuano  
Arabisch  

Pronunciation
[sɛbuˈɑno]  
/al ʕarabijja/, /ʕarabi/  

Ethnicity
Cebuano people  
Arabs  

History

Origin
16th century  
512 CE  

Language Family
Austronesian Family  
Afro-Asiatic Family, Semitic Family  

Subgroup
-  
Semitic  

Branch
-  
North Arabic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Standard Cebuano  
Modern Standard Arabic  

Language Position
62  
99+
25  
23

Signed Forms
Cebuano Sign Language  
Signed Arabic  

Scope
Individual  
Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
No data Available  
ar  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ceb  
ara  

ISO 639 2/B
ceb  
ara  

ISO 639 3
ceb  
ara  

ISO 639 6
ceb  
ara  

Glottocode
cebu1242  
arab1395  

Linguasphere
No data Available  
12-AAC  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Verb-Subject-Object  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
Fusional, Synthetic  

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All Cebuano and Arabic Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Cebuano and Arabic dialects. Various dialects of Cebuano and Arabic language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Cebuano are spoken in different Cebuano Speaking Countries whereas Arabic Dialects are spoken in different Arabic speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Cebuano vs Arabic Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Cebuano dialects include: Boholano, Southern Kana. Arabic dialects include: Maghrebi , Sudanese. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Cebuano and Arabic Speaking population

Cebuano and Arabic speaking population is one of the factors based on which Cebuano and Arabic languages can be compared. The total count of Cebuano and Arabic Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Cebuano language is 0.32 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Arabic language is 4.43 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Cebuano and Arabic on Cebuano vs Arabic where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Cebuano and Arabic Language Codes

Cebuano and Arabic language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Cebuano and Arabic Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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