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Quechua vs Korean


Korean vs Quechua


Countries

Countries
Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru  
China, Jilin Province, North Korea, South Korea, Yanbian  

Total No. Of Countries
6  
9
5  
10

National Language
Bolivia, Ecuador, Peru  
North Korea, South Korea  

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

Speaking Continents
South America  
Asia  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Japan, People's Republic of China, Russia, United States of America  

Regulated By
Not Available  
The National Institute of the Korean Language  

Interesting Facts
  • One of the most widely spoken indigenous language in the America is Quechua.
  • Quechua language has borrowed many words from Spanish.
  
  • Korean has borrowed words from English and Chinese.
  • Korean has two counting systems. First, is based on Chinese characters and numbers are similar to Chinese numbers, and second counting system is from words unique to Korea.
  

Similar To
Not Available  
Chinese and Japanese languages  

Derived From
Not Available  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
31  
13
40  
21

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
21  
18

How Many Consonants
26  
16
19  
9

Scripts
Latin  
Hangul  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
Not Available  
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
88 weeks  
13

Greetings

Hello
Rimaykullayki  
안녕하세요. (annyeonghaseyo.)  

Thank You
Solpayki  
감사합니다 (gamsahabnida)  

How Are You?
Allillanchu  
어떻게 지내세요? (eotteohge jinaeseyo?)  

Good Night
Allin tuta  
안녕히 주무세요 (annyeonghi jumuseyo)  

Good Evening
Wuynas nuchis  
안녕하세요 (annyeonghaseyo.)  

Good Afternoon
Wuynas tardis  
안녕하십니까 (annyeong hashimnikka)  

Good Morning
Wuynus diyas  
안녕히 주무셨어요 (An-yŏng-hi ju-mu-shŏ-ssŏ-yo)  

Please
Not Available  
하십시오 (hasibsio)  

Sorry
Pampachaykuway  
죄송합니다 (joesonghabnida)  

Bye
bye  
안녕 (annyeong)  

I Love You
Kuyayki  
당신을 사랑합니다 (dangsin-eul salanghabnida)  

Excuse Me
Pampachaway  
실례합니다 (sillyehabnida)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Ancash  
Jeju  

Where They Speak
Peru  
South Korea  

How Many People Speak
920,000.00  
29
10,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Huánuco  
Gyeongsang  

Where They Speak
Peru  
South Korea  

How Many People Speak
190,000.00  
33
10,000,000.00  
9

Dialect 3
Yaru  
Hamgyŏng  

Where They Speak
Peru  
China, North Korea  

How Many People Speak
150,000.00  
25
Not Available  

Total No. Of Dialects
10  
10
12  
12

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
8.90 million  
99+
77.00 million  
22

Speaking Population
0.13 %  
99+
1.14 %  
16

Native Speakers
8.90 million  
99+
77.00 million  
12

Native Name
Qhichwa  
한국어 (조선말)  

Alternative Names
North La Paz Quechua  
Hanguk Mal, Hanguk Uh  

French Name
quechua  
coréen  

German Name
Quechua-Sprache  
Koreanisch  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Quechua  
Koreans  

History

Origin
16th Century  
Before 1st century  

Language Family
Quechumaran Family  
Koreanic Family  

Subgroup
Andean Equatorial  
Not Available  

Branch
Not Available  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Old Korean, Middle Korean and Korean  

Standard Forms
Quechua  
Pluricentric Standard Korean, South Korean standard and North Korean standard  

Language Position
Not Available  
12  
11

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Korean Sign Language  

Scope
Macrolanguage  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
qu  
ko  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
que  
kor  

ISO 639 2/B
que  
kor  

ISO 639 3
que  
Kor  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
quec1387  
kore1280  

Linguasphere
No data Available  
45-AAA  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available  
Subject-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic  
Agglutinative  

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Quechua and Korean Language History

Comparison of Quechua vs Korean language history gives us differences between origin of Quechua and Korean language. History of Quechua language states that this language originated in 16th Century whereas history of Korean language states that this language originated in Before 1st century. 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 Korean Language History.

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

Quechua vs Korean Difficulty

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

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