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Quechua vs Chinese


Chinese vs Quechua


Countries

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

Total No. Of Countries
6  
9
5  
10

National Language
Bolivia, Ecuador, Peru  
China, Taiwan  

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

Speaking Continents
South America  
Asia  

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

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

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

Similar To
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Derived From
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Alphabets

Alphabets in
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Chinese.jpg#200  

Alphabets
31  
13
26  
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
24  
19

How Many Consonants
26  
16
23  
13

Scripts
Latin  
Chinese Characters and derivatives  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
Not Available  
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
88 weeks  
13

Greetings

Hello
Rimaykullayki  
您好 (Nín hǎo)  

Thank You
Solpayki  
谢谢 (Xièxiè)  

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

Good Night
Allin tuta  
晚安 (Wǎn'ān)  

Good Evening
Wuynas nuchis  
晚上好 (Wǎnshàng hǎo)  

Good Afternoon
Wuynas tardis  
下午好 (Xiàwǔ hǎo)  

Good Morning
Wuynus diyas  
早安 (Zǎo ān)  

Please
Not Available  
请 (Qǐng)  

Sorry
Pampachaykuway  
遗憾 (Yíhàn)  

Bye
bye  
再见 (Zàijiàn)  

I Love You
Kuyayki  
我爱你 (Wǒ ài nǐ)  

Excuse Me
Pampachaway  
劳驾 (Láojià)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Ancash  
Mandarin  

Where They Speak
Peru  
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan  

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

Dialect 2
Huánuco  
Wu  

Where They Speak
Peru  
China, United States of America  

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

Dialect 3
Yaru  
Yue  

Where They Speak
Peru  
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam  

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

Total No. Of Dialects
10  
10
10  
10

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.13 %  
99+
16.00 %  
2

Native Speakers
8.90 million  
99+
873.00 million  
1

Second Language Speakers
Not Available  
178.00 million  
3

Native Name
Qhichwa  
中文 (zhōngwén)  

Alternative Names
North La Paz Quechua  
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French Name
quechua  
chinois  

German Name
Quechua-Sprache  
Chinesisch  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
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Ethnicity
Quechua  
Han  

History

Origin
16th Century  
1250 BC  

Language Family
Quechumaran Family  
Sino-Tibetan Family  

Subgroup
Andean Equatorial  
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Branch
Not Available  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Quechua  
Standard Chinese  

Language Position
Not Available  
1  
1

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

Scope
Macrolanguage  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
qu  
zh  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
que  
zho  

ISO 639 2/B
que  
chi  

ISO 639 3
que  
zho  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
quec1387  
sini1245  

Linguasphere
No data Available  
79-AAA  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
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Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic  
Analytic, Isolating  

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Quechua and Chinese Language History

Comparison of Quechua vs Chinese language history gives us differences between origin of Quechua and Chinese language. History of Quechua language states that this language originated in 16th Century whereas history of Chinese language states that this language originated in 1250 BC. 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 Quechua and Chinese Language History.

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

Quechua vs Chinese Difficulty

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

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