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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
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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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