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
  
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 in
Quechua-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Spanish-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Language Levels
Not Available
  
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
  
Dialect 1
Ancash
  
Mexican Spanish
  
Where They Speak
Peru
  
Mexico
  
How Many People Speak
105,000,000.00
  
5
Dialect 2
Huánuco
  
Cuban Spanish
  
Where They Speak
Peru
  
Cuba
  
How Many People Speak
11,000,000.00
  
8
Dialect 3
Yaru
  
Puerto Rican Spanish
  
Where They Speak
Peru
  
Puerto Rico
  
How Many People Speak
3,900,000.00
  
9
How Many People Speak?
8.90 million
  
99+
489.00 million
  
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
  
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
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Signed Spanish
  
Scope
Macrolanguage
  
Individual
  
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
  
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.