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Quechua vs Swahili


Swahili vs Quechua


Countries

Countries
Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru  
African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community, Kenya  

Total No. Of Countries
6  
9
4  
11

National Language
Bolivia, Ecuador, Peru  
Burundi, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, South Sudan, Tanzania  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
South America  
Africa  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
Not Available  
Chama cha Kiswahili cha Taifa (Kenya)  

Interesting Facts
  • One of the most widely spoken indigenous language in the America is Quechua.
  • Quechua language has borrowed many words from Spanish.
  
  • Swahili language has borrowed many words from Arabic language.
  • The oldest written scripts in swahili language were found in 18th century.
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Similar To
Not Available  
Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi Languages  

Derived From
Not Available  
Arabic Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
31  
13
24  
6

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
5  
2

How Many Consonants
26  
16
21  
11

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Not Available  
Not Available  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
Not Available  
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
36 weeks  
10

Greetings

Hello
Rimaykullayki  
Habari  

Thank You
Solpayki  
Asante  

How Are You?
Allillanchu  
Habari gani?  

Good Night
Allin tuta  
Usiku mwema  

Good Evening
Wuynas nuchis  
Habari za jioni  

Good Afternoon
Wuynas tardis  
nzuri Alasiri  

Good Morning
Wuynus diyas  
Habari za asubuhi  

Please
Not Available  
tafadhali  

Sorry
Pampachaykuway  
pole  

Bye
bye  
bye  

I Love You
Kuyayki  
nakupenda  

Excuse Me
Pampachaway  
Samahani  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Ancash  
Kiunguja  

Where They Speak
Peru  
Zanzibar island  

How Many People Speak
920,000.00  
29
Not Available  

Dialect 2
Huánuco  
Kimrima  

Where They Speak
Peru  
Dar es Salaam  

How Many People Speak
190,000.00  
33
Not Available  

Dialect 3
Yaru  
Kimgao  

Where They Speak
Peru  
Kilwa  

How Many People Speak
150,000.00  
25
Not Available  

Total No. Of Dialects
10  
10
12  
12

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
8.90 million  
99+
150.00 million  
13

Speaking Population
0.13 %  
99+
Not Available  

Native Speakers
8.90 million  
99+
15.00 million  
40

Native Name
Qhichwa  
Not Available  

Alternative Names
North La Paz Quechua  
Kisuaheli, Kiswahili  

French Name
quechua  
swahili  

German Name
Quechua-Sprache  
Swahili  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Quechua  
Swahili people or Waswahili  

History

Origin
16th Century  
6th century  

Language Family
Quechumaran Family  
Niger-Congo Family  

Subgroup
Andean Equatorial  
Benue-Congo  

Branch
Not Available  
Bantu  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Quechua  
Swahili  

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Not Available  

Scope
Macrolanguage  
Individual, Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
qu  
sw  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
que  
swa  

ISO 639 2/B
que  
swa  

ISO 639 3
que  
swa  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
quec1387  
swah1254  

Linguasphere
No data Available  
99-AUS-m  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available  
Not Available  

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic  
Not Available  

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Quechua and Swahili Language History

Comparison of Quechua vs Swahili language history gives us differences between origin of Quechua and Swahili language. History of Quechua language states that this language originated in 16th Century whereas history of Swahili language states that this language originated in 6th 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 Swahili Language History.

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

Quechua vs Swahili Difficulty

The Quechua vs Swahili difficulty level basically depends on the number of Quechua Alphabets and Swahili 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 Swahili are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Quechua and Swahili, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Quechua is 44 weeks while to learn Swahili time required is 36 weeks.

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