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
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
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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
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Derived From
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Latin
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Not Available
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Language Levels
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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
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Please
Sorry
Pampachaykuway
Sorry
I Love You
Kuyayki
I love you
Excuse Me
Pampachaway
Excuse Me
Dialect 1
Ancash
American English
Where They Speak
Peru
United States of America
Dialect 2
Huánuco
Hiberno-English
Where They Speak
Peru
Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom
Dialect 3
Yaru
Welsh English
Where They Speak
Peru
United Kingdom
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
Qhichwa
English
Alternative Names
North La Paz Quechua
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French Name
quechua
anglais
German Name
Quechua-Sprache
Englisch
Pronunciation
Not Available
/ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ/
Ethnicity
Quechua
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Origin
16th Century
5th Century AD
Language Family
Quechumaran Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Andean Equatorial
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Branch
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Early Forms
No early forms
Old English, Middle English, Early Modern English and English
Standard Forms
Quechua
Standard English
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
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Signed English
Scope
Macrolanguage
Individual
ISO 639 6
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engs
Glottocode
quec1387
stan1293
Linguasphere
No data Available
52-ABA
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
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Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic
Analytic, Fusional, Isolating, Synthetic
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.