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Quechua vs Spanish


Spanish vs Quechua


Countries

Countries
Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru  
Andora, Argentina, Aruba, Australia, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gibraltar, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica, Latvia, Luxembourg, Mexico, Morocco, Namibia, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Norway, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Russia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, Uruguay, Venezuela, Western Sahara  

Total No. Of Countries
6  
9
46  
1

National Language
Bolivia, Ecuador, Peru  
Spain  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Andora, Aruba, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Belize, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Luxembourg, Morocco, Netherlands, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Slovenia, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, US Virgin Islands  

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

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Brazil, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Morocco, United Kingdom  

Regulated By
Not Available  
Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española  

Interesting Facts
  • One of the most widely spoken indigenous language in the America is Quechua.
  • Quechua language has borrowed many words from Spanish.
  
  • One of the world's most phonetic language is Spanish.
  • Up to the 18th century, Spanish was diplomatic language.
  

Similar To
Not Available  
French Language  

Derived From
Not Available  
Latin  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
31  
13
27  
9

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
5  
2

How Many Consonants
26  
16
22  
12

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  
hola  

Thank You
Solpayki  
Gracias  

How Are You?
Allillanchu  
Cómo estás?  

Good Night
Allin tuta  
Buenas Noches  

Good Evening
Wuynas nuchis  
Bonne soirée  

Good Afternoon
Wuynas tardis  
Buenas Tardes  

Good Morning
Wuynus diyas  
Buenos Días  

Please
Not Available  
Por Favor  

Sorry
Pampachaykuway  
triste  

Bye
bye  
adiós  

I Love You
Kuyayki  
Te Quiero  

Excuse Me
Pampachaway  
Discúlpeme  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Ancash  
Mexican Spanish  

Where They Speak
Peru  
Mexico  

How Many People Speak
920,000.00  
29
105,000,000.00  
5

Dialect 2
Huánuco  
Cuban Spanish  

Where They Speak
Peru  
Cuba  

How Many People Speak
190,000.00  
33
11,000,000.00  
8

Dialect 3
Yaru  
Puerto Rican Spanish  

Where They Speak
Peru  
Puerto Rico  

How Many People Speak
150,000.00  
25
3,900,000.00  
9

Total No. Of Dialects
10  
10
21  
19

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
8.90 million  
99+
489.00 million  
3

Speaking Population
0.13 %  
99+
6.15 %  
3

Native Speakers
8.90 million  
99+
410.00 million  
2

Second Language Speakers
Not Available  
89.50 million  
9

Native Name
Qhichwa  
Español  

Alternative Names
North La Paz Quechua  
Castellano, Castilian, Español  

French Name
quechua  
espagnol; castillan  

German Name
Quechua-Sprache  
Spanisch  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
[espaˈɲol], [kasteˈʎano]  

Ethnicity
Quechua  
Not Available  

History

Origin
16th Century  
210 BC  

Language Family
Quechumaran Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Andean Equatorial  
Romance  

Branch
Not Available  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Old Spanish and Spanish  

Standard Forms
Quechua  
Pluricentric Standard Spanish  

Language Position
Not Available  
2  
2

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Signed Spanish  

Scope
Macrolanguage  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
qu  
es  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
que  
spa  

ISO 639 2/B
que  
spa  

ISO 639 3
que  
spa  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
quec1387  
stan1288  

Linguasphere
No data Available  
51-AAA-b  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available  
Subject-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic  
Fusional, Synthetic  

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Quechua and Spanish Language History

Comparison of Quechua vs Spanish language history gives us differences between origin of Quechua and Spanish language. History of Quechua language states that this language originated in 16th Century whereas history of Spanish language states that this language originated in 210 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 Spanish Language History.

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

Quechua vs Spanish Difficulty

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

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