Countries
Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru
Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, East Timor, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Macau, Mozambique, Portugal, São Tomé and Príncipe
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 in
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Writing Direction
Not Available
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Language Levels
Not Available
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
I Love You
Kuyayki
Eu te amo
Excuse Me
Pampachaway
desculpe me
Dialect 1
Ancash
Brazilian Portuguese
Where They Speak
Peru
Brazil
Dialect 2
Huánuco
European Portuguese
Where They Speak
Peru
Portugal
Dialect 3
Yaru
Daman and Diu Portuguese creole
Where They Speak
Peru
Daman and Diu
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
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
Origin
16th Century
3rd Century
Language Family
Quechumaran Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Andean Equatorial
Romance
Branch
Not Available
Not Available
Early Forms
No early forms
Medieval Galician
Standard Forms
Quechua
Portuguese
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Not Available
Signed Portuguese
Scope
Macrolanguage
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
quec1387
port1283
Linguasphere
No data Available
51-AAA-a
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic
Not Available
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.