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Quechua vs Nepali


Nepali vs Quechua


Countries

Countries
Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru   
India, Nepal   

Total No. Of Countries
6   
9
2   
13

National Language
Bolivia, Ecuador, Peru   
Nepal   

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

Speaking Continents
South America   
Asia   

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
People's Republic of China   

Regulated By
Not Available   
Language Academy of Nepal   

Interesting Facts
  • One of the most widely spoken indigenous language in the America is Quechua.
  • Quechua language has borrowed many words from Spanish.
  
  • Before the term "Nepali" was coined, historically the language was first called the Khas language, Gorkhali or Gukhali.
  • Nepali has borrowed many loanwords from neighboring Tibeto-Burmese languages.
  

Similar To
Not Available   
Hindi   

Derived From
Not Available   
Sanskrit Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
31   
13
48   
28

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
12   
9

How Many Consonants
26   
16
36   
26

Scripts
Latin   
Devanagari   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
Not Available   
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Rimaykullayki   
नमस्ते (namaste)   

Thank You
Solpayki   
धन्यवाद (dhanyabad)   

How Are You?
Allillanchu   
तिमीलाई कस्तो छ? (timi lai kasto cha?)   

Good Night
Allin tuta   
शुभ रात्री (subha ratri)   

Good Evening
Wuynas nuchis   
शुभ सन्ध्या (subha sandhya)   

Good Afternoon
Wuynas tardis   
Good afternoon   

Good Morning
Wuynus diyas   
शुभ प्रभात (subha prabhat)   

Please
Not Available   
कृपया   

Sorry
Pampachaykuway   
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)   

Bye
bye   
नमस्ते (namaste)   

I Love You
Kuyayki   
म तपाइलाइ माया गर्छु। (ma tapainlai maya garchu)   

Excuse Me
Pampachaway   
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Ancash   
Doteli   

Where They Speak
Peru   
Nepal   

How Many People Speak
920,000.00   
29
790,000.00   
30

Dialect 2
Huánuco   
Bajhangi   

Where They Speak
Peru   
India, Nepal   

How Many People Speak
190,000.00   
33
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Yaru   
Baitadeli   

Where They Speak
Peru   
Nepal   

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+
30.00 million   
36

Speaking Population
0.13 %   
99+
0.25 %   
99+

Native Speakers
8.90 million   
99+
25.00 million   
32

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
5.00 million   
29

Native Name
Qhichwa   
नेपाली (nēpālī)   

Alternative Names
North La Paz Quechua   
Eastern Pahadi, Gorkhali, Gurkhali, Khaskura, Nepalese, Parbate   

French Name
quechua   
népalais   

German Name
Quechua-Sprache   
Nepali   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Quechua   
Gurkha, Khas people, Madhesi and Tharu   

History

Origin
16th Century   
19 BC   

Language Family
Quechumaran Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Andean Equatorial   
Indo-Iranian   

Branch
Not Available   
Indic   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Khas language, Gurkhali, Parbatiya, Dzongkha Lhotshammikha   

Standard Forms
Quechua   
Nepali   

Language Position
Not Available   
59   
99+

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Signed Nepali   

Scope
Macrolanguage   
Individual, Macrolanguage   

Code

ISO 639 1
qu   
ne   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
que   
nep   

ISO 639 2/B
que   
nep   

ISO 639 3
que   
npi   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
quec1387   
nepa1254   

Linguasphere
No data Available   
12   

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 Nepali Language History

Comparison of Quechua vs Nepali language history gives us differences between origin of Quechua and Nepali language. History of Quechua language states that this language originated in 16th Century whereas history of Nepali language states that this language originated in 19 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 Nepali Language History.

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

Quechua vs Nepali Difficulty

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

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