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Quechua vs Chinese


Countries

Countries
China, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Taiwan   
Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru   

Total No. Of Countries
5   
10
6   
9

National Language
China, Taiwan   
Bolivia, Ecuador, Peru   

Second Language
Republic of Brazil   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
South America   

Minority Language
Indonesia, Malaysia   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Regulated By
Chinese Language Standardization Council, National Commission on Language and Script Work, Promote Mandarin Council   
Not Available   

Interesting Facts
  • Chinese language is tonal, since meaning of a word changes according to its tone.
  • In Chinese language, there is no grammatical distinction between singular or plural, no declination of verbs according to tense, mood and aspect.
  
  • One of the most widely spoken indigenous language in the America is Quechua.
  • Quechua language has borrowed many words from Spanish.
  

Similar To
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Derived From
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Alphabets

Alphabets in
Chinese.jpg#200   
Quechua-Alphabets.jpg#200   

Alphabets
26   
8
31   
13

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
24   
19
5   
2

How Many Consonants
23   
13
26   
16

Scripts
Chinese Characters and derivatives   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
Not Available   

Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks   
13
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
您好 (Nín hǎo)   
Rimaykullayki   

Thank You
谢谢 (Xièxiè)   
Solpayki   

How Are You?
你好吗? (Nǐ hǎo ma?)   
Allillanchu   

Good Night
晚安 (Wǎn'ān)   
Allin tuta   

Good Evening
晚上好 (Wǎnshàng hǎo)   
Wuynas nuchis   

Good Afternoon
下午好 (Xiàwǔ hǎo)   
Wuynas tardis   

Good Morning
早安 (Zǎo ān)   
Wuynus diyas   

Please
请 (Qǐng)   
Not Available   

Sorry
遗憾 (Yíhàn)   
Pampachaykuway   

Bye
再见 (Zàijiàn)   
bye   

I Love You
我爱你 (Wǒ ài nǐ)   
Kuyayki   

Excuse Me
劳驾 (Láojià)   
Pampachaway   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Mandarin   
Ancash   

Where They Speak
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan   
Peru   

How Many People Speak
960,000,000.00   
1
920,000.00   
29

Dialect 2
Wu   
Huánuco   

Where They Speak
China, United States of America   
Peru   

How Many People Speak
80,000,000.00   
1
190,000.00   
33

Dialect 3
Yue   
Yaru   

Where They Speak
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam   
Peru   

How Many People Speak
60,000,000.00   
2
150,000.00   
25

Total No. Of Dialects
10   
10
10   
10

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
1,051.00 million   
2
8.90 million   
99+

Speaking Population
16.00 %   
2
0.13 %   
99+

Native Speakers
873.00 million   
1
8.90 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
178.00 million   
3
Not Available   

Native Name
中文 (zhōngwén)   
Qhichwa   

Alternative Names
Not Available   
North La Paz Quechua   

French Name
chinois   
quechua   

German Name
Chinesisch   
Quechua-Sprache   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
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Ethnicity
Han   
Quechua   

History

Origin
1250 BC   
16th Century   

Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family   
Quechumaran Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Andean Equatorial   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Standard Chinese   
Quechua   

Language Position
1   
1
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Wenfa Shouyu 文法手語 ("Grammatical Sign Language", Signed Mandarin (Taiwan))   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Macrolanguage   

Code

ISO 639 1
zh   
qu   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
zho   
que   

ISO 639 2/B
chi   
que   

ISO 639 3
zho   
que   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
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Glottocode
sini1245   
quec1387   

Linguasphere
79-AAA   
No data Available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object   
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Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating   
Agglutinative, Synthetic   

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Chinese and Quechua Language History

Comparison of Chinese vs Quechua language history gives us differences between origin of Chinese and Quechua language. History of Chinese language states that this language originated in 1250 BC whereas history of Quechua language states that this language originated in 16th Century. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Chinese and Quechua Language History.

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Chinese and Quechua 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 Chinese and Quechua greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Chinese and Quechua language. Chinese word for "Hello" is 您好 (Nín hǎo) or Quechua word for "Thank You" is Solpayki. Find more of such common Chinese Greetings and Quechua Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Chinese vs Quechua Difficulty

The Chinese vs Quechua difficulty level basically depends on the number of Chinese Alphabets and Quechua 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 Chinese and Quechua are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Chinese and Quechua, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Chinese is 88 weeks while to learn Quechua time required is 44 weeks.

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