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Quechua vs Portuguese


Portuguese vs Quechua


Countries

Countries
Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru  
Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, East Timor, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Macau, Mozambique, Portugal, São Tomé and Príncipe  

Total No. Of Countries
6  
9
10  
6

National Language
Bolivia, Ecuador, Peru  
Portugal  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
United States of America  

Speaking Continents
South America  
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, South America  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Australia, Daman and Diu, France, Germany, Goa, Italy, Japan, United States of America  

Regulated By
Not Available  
Academia Brasileira de Letras (Brazilian Literary Academy), Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, Classe de Letras  

Interesting Facts
  • One of the most widely spoken indigenous language in the America is Quechua.
  • Quechua language has borrowed many words from Spanish.
  
  • Portuguese language has absorbed many words from French, Italian, Arabic and also from indigenous South American and African languages.
  • The first written document in Portuguese language was found in the 12th century.
  

Similar To
Not Available  
Spanish and Galician Languages  

Derived From
Not Available  
Latin  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
31  
13
23  
5

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
9  
6

How Many Consonants
26  
16
19  
9

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Not Available  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
Not Available  
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
24 weeks  
6

Greetings

Hello
Rimaykullayki  
Olá  

Thank You
Solpayki  
obrigado  

How Are You?
Allillanchu  
Como você está?  

Good Night
Allin tuta  
boa noite  

Good Evening
Wuynas nuchis  
boa Noite  

Good Afternoon
Wuynas tardis  
boa Tarde  

Good Morning
Wuynus diyas  
bom Dia  

Please
Not Available  
Por Favor  

Sorry
Pampachaykuway  
pesaroso  

Bye
bye  
tchau  

I Love You
Kuyayki  
Eu te amo  

Excuse Me
Pampachaway  
desculpe me  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Ancash  
Brazilian Portuguese  

Where They Speak
Peru  
Brazil  

How Many People Speak
920,000.00  
29
204,000,000.00  
4

Dialect 2
Huánuco  
European Portuguese  

Where They Speak
Peru  
Portugal  

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

Dialect 3
Yaru  
Daman and Diu Portuguese creole  

Where They Speak
Peru  
Daman and Diu  

How Many People Speak
150,000.00  
25
4,000.00  
36

Total No. Of Dialects
10  
10
26  
22

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
8.90 million  
99+
231.00 million  
7

Speaking Population
0.13 %  
99+
3.27 %  
7

Native Speakers
8.90 million  
99+
216.00 million  
5

Second Language Speakers
Not Available  
15.00 million  
18

Native Name
Qhichwa  
Português  

Alternative Names
North La Paz Quechua  
Português  

French Name
quechua  
portugais  

German Name
Quechua-Sprache  
Portugiesisch  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
[puɾtuˈɣeʃ], [poʁtuˈɡes]  

Ethnicity
Quechua  
Portuguese people or portugueses  

History

Origin
16th Century  
3rd Century  

Language Family
Quechumaran Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Andean Equatorial  
Romance  

Branch
Not Available  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Medieval Galician  

Standard Forms
Quechua  
Portuguese  

Language Position
Not Available  
6  
6

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Signed Portuguese  

Scope
Macrolanguage  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
qu  
pt  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
que  
por  

ISO 639 2/B
que  
por  

ISO 639 3
que  
por  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
quec1387  
port1283  

Linguasphere
No data Available  
51-AAA-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic  
Not Available  

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Quechua and Portuguese Language History

Comparison of Quechua vs Portuguese language history gives us differences between origin of Quechua and Portuguese language. History of Quechua language states that this language originated in 16th Century whereas history of Portuguese language states that this language originated in 3rd 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 Portuguese Language History.

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

Quechua vs Portuguese Difficulty

The Quechua vs Portuguese difficulty level basically depends on the number of Quechua Alphabets and Portuguese 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 Portuguese are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Quechua and Portuguese, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Quechua is 44 weeks while to learn Portuguese time required is 24 weeks.

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