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Quechua vs Japanese


Japanese vs Quechua


Countries

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

Total No. Of Countries
6  
9
1  
14

National Language
Bolivia, Ecuador, Peru  
Japan  

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

Speaking Continents
South America  
Asia, Pacific  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Palau  

Regulated By
Not Available  
Agency for Cultural Affairs (文化庁) at the Ministry of Education  

Interesting Facts
  • One of the most widely spoken indigenous language in the America is Quechua.
  • Quechua language has borrowed many words from Spanish.
  
  • In Japanese Language, there are 4 different ways to address people: kun, chan, san and sama.
  • There are many words in Japanese language which end with vowel letter, which determines the structure and rhythm of Japanese.
  

Similar To
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Korean Language  

Derived From
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Alphabets

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

Alphabets
31  
13
99  
40

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
5  
2

How Many Consonants
26  
16
14  
4

Scripts
Latin  
Kana  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
Not Available  
5  
4

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
88 weeks  
13

Greetings

Hello
Rimaykullayki  
こんにちは (Kon'nichiwa)  

Thank You
Solpayki  
ありがとう (Arigatō)  

How Are You?
Allillanchu  
お元気ですか (O genki desu ka?)  

Good Night
Allin tuta  
おやすみなさい (Oyasuminasai)  

Good Evening
Wuynas nuchis  
こんばんは (Konbanwa)  

Good Afternoon
Wuynas tardis  
こんにちは (Konnichiwa!)  

Good Morning
Wuynus diyas  
おはよう (Ohayō)  

Please
Not Available  
お願いします (Onegaishimasu)  

Sorry
Pampachaykuway  
ごめんなさい (Gomen'nasai)  

Bye
bye  
さようなら (Sayōnara)  

I Love You
Kuyayki  
愛しています (Aishiteimasu)  

Excuse Me
Pampachaway  
すみません (Sumimasen)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Ancash  
Sanuki  

Where They Speak
Peru  
Kagawa  

How Many People Speak
920,000.00  
29
1,000,000.00  
28

Dialect 2
Huánuco  
Hakata  

Where They Speak
Peru  
Fukuoka  

How Many People Speak
190,000.00  
33
Not Available  

Dialect 3
Yaru  
Kansai  

Where They Speak
Peru  
kansai  

How Many People Speak
150,000.00  
25
Not Available  

Total No. Of Dialects
10  
10
31  
25

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
8.90 million  
99+
128.00 million  
14

Speaking Population
0.13 %  
99+
1.90 %  
10

Native Speakers
8.90 million  
99+
128.00 million  
9

Native Name
Qhichwa  
日本語  

Alternative Names
North La Paz Quechua  
Not Available  

French Name
quechua  
japonais  

German Name
Quechua-Sprache  
Japanisch  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
/nihoɴɡo/: [nihõŋɡo], [nihõŋŋo]  

Ethnicity
Quechua  
Japanese (Yamato)  

History

Origin
16th Century  
1185  

Language Family
Quechumaran Family  
Japonic Family  

Subgroup
Andean Equatorial  
Not Available  

Branch
Not Available  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Old Japanese, Early Middle Japanese, Late Middle Japanese and Early Modern Japanese  

Standard Forms
Quechua  
Japanese  

Language Position
Not Available  
8  
8

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Signed Japanese  

Scope
Macrolanguage  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
qu  
ja  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
que  
jpn  

ISO 639 2/B
que  
jpn  

ISO 639 3
que  
jpn  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
quec1387  
nucl1643  

Linguasphere
No data Available  
45-CAA-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available  
Subject-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic  
Agglutinative, Synthetic  

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Quechua and Japanese Language History

Comparison of Quechua vs Japanese language history gives us differences between origin of Quechua and Japanese language. History of Quechua language states that this language originated in 16th Century whereas history of Japanese language states that this language originated in 1185. 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 Japanese Language History.

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

Quechua vs Japanese Difficulty

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

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