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Quechua vs Igbo


Igbo vs Quechua


Countries

Countries
Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru  
Nigeria  

Total No. Of Countries
6  
9
1  
14

National Language
Bolivia, Ecuador, Peru  
Nigeria  

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

Speaking Continents
South America  
Africa  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Equatorial Guinea  

Regulated By
Not Available  
Society for Promoting Igbo Language and Culture  

Interesting Facts
  • One of the most widely spoken indigenous language in the America is Quechua.
  • Quechua language has borrowed many words from Spanish.
  
  • In Igbo, there is complicated system of high and low tones indicating differences in meaning and grammatical relationships.
  • Igbo has inexhaustible and rich linguistic features like idioms, proverbs, aphorisms, anecdotes etc.
  

Similar To
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Derived From
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Alphabets

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

Alphabets
31  
13
36  
18

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
8  
5

How Many Consonants
26  
16
28  
18

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Not Available  
Not Available  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
Not Available  
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
52 weeks  
12

Greetings

Hello
Rimaykullayki  
kedụ  

Thank You
Solpayki  
dalụ  

How Are You?
Allillanchu  
kedụ ka ịmere  

Good Night
Allin tuta  
ka chi fo  

Good Evening
Wuynas nuchis  
mgbede ọma  

Good Afternoon
Wuynas tardis  
ehihie ọma  

Good Morning
Wuynus diyas  
ụtụtụ ọma  

Please
Not Available  
Biko  

Sorry
Pampachaykuway  
Ndo  

Bye
bye  
Not Available  

I Love You
Kuyayki  
a hụrụ m gị n'anya  

Excuse Me
Pampachaway  
ngọpụ  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Ancash  
Enuani  

Where They Speak
Peru  
Nigeria  

How Many People Speak
920,000.00  
29
Not Available  

Dialect 2
Huánuco  
Ngwa  

Where They Speak
Peru  
Nigeria  

How Many People Speak
190,000.00  
33
1,500,000.00  
22

Dialect 3
Yaru  
Not present  

Where They Speak
Peru  
Not Available  

How Many People Speak
150,000.00  
25
Not Available  

Total No. Of Dialects
10  
10
20  
18

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
8.90 million  
99+
25.00 million  
40

Speaking Population
0.13 %  
99+
Not Available  

Native Speakers
8.90 million  
99+
25.00 million  
32

Native Name
Qhichwa  
igbo  

Alternative Names
North La Paz Quechua  
Ibo  

French Name
quechua  
igbo  

German Name
Quechua-Sprache  
Ibo-Sprache  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
[iɡ͡boː]  

Ethnicity
Quechua  
Igbo people  

History

Origin
16th Century  
30th Century BC  

Language Family
Quechumaran Family  
Niger-Congo Family  

Subgroup
Andean Equatorial  
Kwa  

Branch
Not Available  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Quechua  
Standard Igbo  

Language Position
Not Available  
57  
99+

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Not Available  

Scope
Macrolanguage  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
qu  
ig  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
que  
ibo  

ISO 639 2/B
que  
ibo  

ISO 639 3
que  
ibo  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
quec1387  
nucl1417  

Linguasphere
No data Available  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available  
Not Available  

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic  
Agglutinative  

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Quechua and Igbo Language History

Comparison of Quechua vs Igbo language history gives us differences between origin of Quechua and Igbo language. History of Quechua language states that this language originated in 16th Century whereas history of Igbo language states that this language originated in 30th Century 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 Igbo Language History.

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

Quechua vs Igbo Difficulty

The Quechua vs Igbo difficulty level basically depends on the number of Quechua Alphabets and Igbo 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 Igbo are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Quechua and Igbo, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Quechua is 44 weeks while to learn Igbo time required is 52 weeks.

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