Countries
Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru
  
Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia
  
National Language
Bolivia, Ecuador, Peru
  
Somalia
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
South America
  
Africa, Middle East
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Yemen
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
National Languages Committee, Regional Somali Language Academy
  
Interesting Facts
- One of the most widely spoken indigenous language in the America is Quechua.
- Quechua language has borrowed many words from Spanish.
  
- Somali language is one of the best documented Afro-Asiatic languages.
- One of the most widely spoken of the Cushitic languages is the Somali Language.
  
Similar To
Not Available
  
Afar and Oromo Language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Arabic Language
  
Alphabets in
Quechua-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Somali-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Arabic, Latin, Osmanya
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Language Levels
Not Available
  
Hello
Rimaykullayki
  
Hello
  
Thank You
Solpayki
  
Waad ku mahadsan tahay
  
How Are You?
Allillanchu
  
Sidee tahay ?
  
Good Night
Allin tuta
  
Habeenka Good
  
Good Evening
Wuynas nuchis
  
Evening Good
  
Good Afternoon
Wuynas tardis
  
galab wanaagsan
  
Good Morning
Wuynus diyas
  
Subax wanaagsan
  
Please
Not Available
  
Fadlan
  
Sorry
Pampachaykuway
  
sorry
  
Bye
bye
  
caraysiiyo
  
I Love You
Kuyayki
  
Waan ku jeclahay
  
Excuse Me
Pampachaway
  
iga raali ahow
  
Dialect 1
Ancash
  
Northern Somali
  
Where They Speak
Peru
  
Gabon, Standard Somali
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Huánuco
  
Benaadir
  
Where They Speak
Peru
  
Georgia, The capital of Mogadishu
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Yaru
  
Af-Ashraaf
  
Where They Speak
Peru
  
Standard Somali
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
8.90 million
  
99+
13.00 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
8.90 million
  
99+
8.00 million
  
99+
Native Name
Qhichwa
  
af Soomaali
  
Alternative Names
North La Paz Quechua
  
Af-Maxaad Tiri, Af-Soomaali, Common Somali, Soomaaliga
  
French Name
quechua
  
somali
  
German Name
Quechua-Sprache
  
Somali
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Quechua
  
Somalis
  
Origin
16th Century
  
19th century
  
Language Family
Quechumaran Family
  
Afro-Asiatic Family
  
Subgroup
Andean Equatorial
  
Cushitic
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Quechua
  
Somali
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Somali Sign Language
  
Scope
Macrolanguage
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
qu
  
so
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
que
  
som
  
ISO 639 2/B
que
  
som
  
ISO 639 3
que
  
som
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
quec1387
  
soma1255
  
Linguasphere
No data Available
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic
  
Not Available
  
Quechua and Somali 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 Somali greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Quechua and Somali language. Quechua word for "Hello" is Rimaykullayki or Somali word for "Thank You" is Waad ku mahadsan tahay. Find more of such common Quechua Greetings and Somali Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Quechua vs Somali Difficulty
The Quechua vs Somali difficulty level basically depends on the number of Quechua Alphabets and Somali 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 Somali are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Quechua and Somali, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Quechua is 44 weeks while to learn Somali time required is 52 weeks.