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Quechua vs English


English vs Quechua


Countries

Countries
Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru   
Barbados, Belize, Botswana, Cameroon, Canada, Dominica, Fiji, Ghana, India, Ireland, Jamaica, Kenya, Malta, Mauritius, Micronesia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Samoa, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Somaliland, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda, United Kingdom, Zambia, Zimbabwe   

Total No. Of Countries
6   
9
33   
2

National Language
Bolivia, Ecuador, Peru   
Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Gibraltar, Grenada, Guam, Guyana, Jersey, Montserrat, Nauru, Singapore, Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom, United States of America   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
India, Nigeria, Pakistan, Singapore   

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

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
South Africa   

Regulated By
Not Available   
Not Available   

Interesting Facts
  • One of the most widely spoken indigenous language in the America is Quechua.
  • Quechua language has borrowed many words from Spanish.
  
  • Most of the English words begin with the letter S than any other letter.
  • English is third most commonly spoken language in the world.
  

Similar To
Not Available   
Not Available   

Derived From
Not Available   
Latin   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
31   
13
26   
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
5   
2

How Many Consonants
26   
16
21   
11

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
Not Available   
7   
6

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
6 weeks   
3

Greetings

Hello
Rimaykullayki   
Hello   

Thank You
Solpayki   
Thank you   

How Are You?
Allillanchu   
How are you?   

Good Night
Allin tuta   
Good Night   

Good Evening
Wuynas nuchis   
Good Evening   

Good Afternoon
Wuynas tardis   
Good Afternoon   

Good Morning
Wuynus diyas   
Good Morning   

Please
Not Available   
Please   

Sorry
Pampachaykuway   
Sorry   

Bye
bye   
Bye   

I Love You
Kuyayki   
I love you   

Excuse Me
Pampachaway   
Excuse Me   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Ancash   
American English   

Where They Speak
Peru   
United States of America   

How Many People Speak
920,000.00   
29
225,000,000.00   
3

Dialect 2
Huánuco   
Hiberno-English   

Where They Speak
Peru   
Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom   

How Many People Speak
190,000.00   
33
4,500,000.00   
15

Dialect 3
Yaru   
Welsh English   

Where They Speak
Peru   
United Kingdom   

How Many People Speak
150,000.00   
25
2,500,000.00   
14

Total No. Of Dialects
10   
10
188   
34

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
8.90 million   
99+
1,200.00 million   
1

Speaking Population
0.13 %   
99+
5.43 %   
4

Native Speakers
8.90 million   
99+
400.00 million   
3

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
400.00 million   
1

Native Name
Qhichwa   
English   

Alternative Names
North La Paz Quechua   
Not Available   

French Name
quechua   
anglais   

German Name
Quechua-Sprache   
Englisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
/ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ/   

Ethnicity
Quechua   
Not Available   

History

Origin
16th Century   
5th Century AD   

Language Family
Quechumaran Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Andean Equatorial   
Not Available   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Old English, Middle English, Early Modern English and English   

Standard Forms
Quechua   
Standard English   

Language Position
Not Available   
3   
3

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Signed English   

Scope
Macrolanguage   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
qu   
en   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
que   
eng   

ISO 639 2/B
que   
eng   

ISO 639 3
que   
eng   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
engs   

Glottocode
quec1387   
stan1293   

Linguasphere
No data Available   
52-ABA   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Verb-Object   

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic   
Analytic, Fusional, Isolating, Synthetic   

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Quechua and English Language History

Comparison of Quechua vs English language history gives us differences between origin of Quechua and English language. History of Quechua language states that this language originated in 16th Century whereas history of English language states that this language originated in 5th Century AD. 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 English Language History.

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

Quechua vs English Difficulty

The Quechua vs English difficulty level basically depends on the number of Quechua Alphabets and English 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 English are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Quechua and English, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Quechua is 44 weeks while to learn English time required is 6 weeks.

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