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Quechua
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1 Countries

1.1 Countries

Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru

1.2 Total No. Of Countries

6
Rank: 9 (Overall)
Bhojpuri
0 46

1.3 National Language

Bolivia, Ecuador, Peru

1.4 Second Language

Not spoken in any of the countries

1.5 Speaking Continents

South America

1.6 Minority Language

Not spoken in any of the countries

1.7 Regulated By

Not Available

1.8 Interesting Facts

  • One of the most widely spoken indigenous language in the America is Quechua.
  • Quechua language has borrowed many words from Spanish.

1.9 Similar To

Not Available

1.10 Derived From

Not Available

2 Alphabets

2.1 Alphabets in

2.2 Alphabets

31
Rank: 13 (Overall)
Irish
18 247

2.3 Phonology

2.3.1 How Many Vowels

5
Rank: 2 (Overall)
Hebrew
0 32

2.3.2 How Many Consonants

26
Rank: 16 (Overall)
German
9 60

2.4 Scripts

Latin

2.5 Writing Direction

Not Available

2.6 Hard to Learn

2.6.1 Language Levels

Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
Bengali
2 12

2.6.2 Time Taken to Learn

44 weeks
Rank: 11 (Overall)
Cebuano
3 88

3 Greetings

3.1 Hello

Rimaykullayki

3.2 Thank You

Solpayki

3.3 How Are You?

Allillanchu

3.4 Good Night

Allin tuta

3.5 Good Evening

Wuynas nuchis

3.6 Good Afternoon

Wuynas tardis

3.7 Good Morning

Wuynus diyas

3.8 Please

Not Available

3.9 Sorry

Pampachaykuway

3.10 Bye

bye

3.11 I Love You

Kuyayki

3.12 Excuse Me

Pampachaway

4 Dialects

4.1 Dialect 1

Ancash

4.1.1 Where They Speak

Peru

4.1.2 How Many People Speak

920,000.00
Rank: 29 (Overall)
Macedonian
1.5 960000000

4.2 Dialect 2

Huánuco

4.2.1 Where They Speak

Peru

4.2.2 How Many People Speak

190,000.00
Rank: 33 (Overall)
Dzongkha
700 80000000

4.3 Dialect 3

Yaru

4.3.1 Where They Speak

Peru

4.3.2 How Many People Speak

150,000.00
Rank: 25 (Overall)
Romanian
1400 96000000

4.4 Total No. Of Dialects

10
Rank: 10 (Overall)
Sanskrit
0 188

5 How Many People Speak

5.1 How Many People Speak?

8.90 million
Rank: 58 (Overall)
Abkhaz
0.13 1200

5.2 Speaking Population

0.13 %
Rank: 51 (Overall)
Xhosa
0.11 89

5.3 Native Speakers

8.90 million
Rank: 48 (Overall)
Abkhaz
0.13 873

5.3.1 Second Language Speakers

Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
Finnish
0.01 400

5.3.2 Native Name

Qhichwa

5.3.3 Alternative Names

North La Paz Quechua

5.3.4 French Name

quechua

5.3.5 German Name

Quechua-Sprache

5.4 Pronunciation

Not Available

5.5 Ethnicity

Quechua

6 History

6.1 Origin

16th Century

6.2 Language Family

Quechumaran Family

6.2.1 Subgroup

Andean Equatorial

6.2.2 Branch

Not Available

6.3 Language Forms

6.3.1 Early Forms

No early forms

6.3.2 Standard Forms

Quechua

6.3.3 Language Position

Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
Chinese
1 120

6.3.4 Signed Forms

Not Available

6.4 Scope

Macrolanguage

7 Code

7.1 ISO 639 1

qu

7.2 ISO 639 2

7.2.1 ISO 639 2/T

que

7.2.2 ISO 639 2/B

que

7.3 ISO 639 3

que

7.4 ISO 639 6

Not Available

7.5 Glottocode

quec1387

7.6 Linguasphere

No data Available

7.7 Types of Language

7.7.1 Language Type

Living

7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology

Not Available

7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology

Agglutinative, Synthetic

Origin of Quechua language

In order to communicate with each other, the origin of language was the essential part. Various languages are spoken all over the world. Quechua language is one of the Easiest Languages to Learn. The origin of Quechua language states that it was put to use in 16th Century. The history of Quechua language reveals that the language is old and used since many years. Check out in brief about Quechua Language History. Quechua has no early forms. Quechua is the standard form of Quechua language and it is used in government centers. Know all About Quechua Language.

Quechua population

Quechua population gives us the total count of number of people speaking Quechua language. Quechua language is spoken by 8.90 million people in the world. Most of the Quechua population lies in the Quechua Speaking Countries. Quechua language is spoken as first language by 8.90 million people and no total count of people speaking Quechua as second language. Get to know Quechua speaking population in detail.

Quechua writing system

There are numerous writing systems but most widely used scripts are Latin, Cyrillic and Arabic. Quechua writing system decides the alphabets, vowels and consonants i.e. the written form of Quechua language. Some languages share common writing systems. Latin script is used by Quechua language. Learn more about . 

Information about Quechua language

Check out all the information about Quechua language here. You may find it interesting to learn Quechua Alphabets or the vowels and consonants of this language. Also knowing about Quechua Speaking Countries, Quechua speaking continents and Quechua Dialects will help in improving your knowledge about this language. Also while travelling to Quechua countries knowing common Quechua Greetings will help you in communicating with Quechua people.