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Quechua vs Portuguese


Countries

Countries
Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, East Timor, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Macau, Mozambique, Portugal, São Tomé and Príncipe   
Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru   

Total No. Of Countries
10   
6
6   
9

National Language
Portugal   
Bolivia, Ecuador, Peru   

Second Language
United States of America   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, South America   
South America   

Minority Language
Australia, Daman and Diu, France, Germany, Goa, Italy, Japan, United States of America   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Regulated By
Academia Brasileira de Letras (Brazilian Literary Academy), Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, Classe de Letras   
Not Available   

Interesting Facts
  • Portuguese language has absorbed many words from French, Italian, Arabic and also from indigenous South American and African languages.
  • The first written document in Portuguese language was found in the 12th century.
  
  • One of the most widely spoken indigenous language in the America is Quechua.
  • Quechua language has borrowed many words from Spanish.
  

Similar To
Spanish and Galician Languages   
Not Available   

Derived From
Latin   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
23   
5
31   
13

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9   
6
5   
2

How Many Consonants
19   
9
26   
16

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
Not Available   

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks   
6
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Olá   
Rimaykullayki   

Thank You
obrigado   
Solpayki   

How Are You?
Como você está?   
Allillanchu   

Good Night
boa noite   
Allin tuta   

Good Evening
boa Noite   
Wuynas nuchis   

Good Afternoon
boa Tarde   
Wuynas tardis   

Good Morning
bom Dia   
Wuynus diyas   

Please
Por Favor   
Not Available   

Sorry
pesaroso   
Pampachaykuway   

Bye
tchau   
bye   

I Love You
Eu te amo   
Kuyayki   

Excuse Me
desculpe me   
Pampachaway   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Brazilian Portuguese   
Ancash   

Where They Speak
Brazil   
Peru   

How Many People Speak
204,000,000.00   
4
920,000.00   
29

Dialect 2
European Portuguese   
Huánuco   

Where They Speak
Portugal   
Peru   

How Many People Speak
10,000,000.00   
9
190,000.00   
33

Dialect 3
Daman and Diu Portuguese creole   
Yaru   

Where They Speak
Daman and Diu   
Peru   

How Many People Speak
4,000.00   
36
150,000.00   
25

Total No. Of Dialects
26   
22
10   
10

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
231.00 million   
7
8.90 million   
99+

Speaking Population
3.27 %   
7
0.13 %   
99+

Native Speakers
216.00 million   
5
8.90 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
15.00 million   
18
Not Available   

Native Name
Português   
Qhichwa   

Alternative Names
Português   
North La Paz Quechua   

French Name
portugais   
quechua   

German Name
Portugiesisch   
Quechua-Sprache   

Pronunciation
[puɾtuˈɣeʃ], [poʁtuˈɡes]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Portuguese people or portugueses   
Quechua   

History

Origin
3rd Century   
16th Century   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Quechumaran Family   

Subgroup
Romance   
Andean Equatorial   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Medieval Galician   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Portuguese   
Quechua   

Language Position
6   
6
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Signed Portuguese   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Macrolanguage   

Code

ISO 639 1
pt   
qu   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
por   
que   

ISO 639 2/B
por   
que   

ISO 639 3
por   
que   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
port1283   
quec1387   

Linguasphere
51-AAA-a   
No data Available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Agglutinative, Synthetic   

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Portuguese and Quechua Language History

Comparison of Portuguese vs Quechua language history gives us differences between origin of Portuguese and Quechua language. History of Portuguese language states that this language originated in 3rd Century 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 Portuguese and Quechua Language History.

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

Portuguese vs Quechua Difficulty

The Portuguese vs Quechua difficulty level basically depends on the number of Portuguese 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 Portuguese and Quechua are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Portuguese and Quechua, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Portuguese is 24 weeks while to learn Quechua time required is 44 weeks.

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