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
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
Not Available
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Not Available
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
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
I Love You
Gihigugma ko ikaw
أحبك
Excuse Me
Ekskyus mi
اعذرني
Dialect 1
Boholano
Maghrebi
Where They Speak
Bohol
Algeria, Libya, Maghreb, Morocco, Tunisia
Dialect 2
Southern Kana
Sudanese
Where They Speak
southern Leyte
Sudan
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
North Kana
Levantine
Where They Speak
northern part of Leyte
Cyprus, Levant
How Many People Speak
Not Available
How Many People Speak?
Not Available
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
Not Available
/al ʕarabijja/, /ʕarabi/
Ethnicity
Cebuano people
Arabs
Origin
16th century
512 CE
Language Family
Austronesian Family
Afro-Asiatic Family, Semitic Family
Subgroup
Not Available
Semitic
Branch
Not Available
North Arabic
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Standard Cebuano
Modern Standard Arabic
Signed Forms
Not Available
Signed Arabic
Scope
Individual
Macrolanguage
ISO 639 1
No data Available
ar
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
cebu1242
arab1395
Linguasphere
No data Available
12-AAC
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Verb-Subject-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Fusional, Synthetic
Cebuano 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 Cebuano and Arabic greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Cebuano and Arabic language. Cebuano word for "Hello" is Hoy or Arabic word for "Thank You" is شكرا. Find more of such common Cebuano Greetings and Arabic Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Cebuano vs Arabic Difficulty
The Cebuano vs Arabic difficulty level basically depends on the number of Cebuano 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 Cebuano and Arabic are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Cebuano and Arabic, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Cebuano is 3 weeks while to learn Arabic time required is 88 weeks.