Countries
Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru
  
South Africa
  
National Language
Bolivia, Ecuador, Peru
  
South Africa
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Lesotho, South Africa
  
Speaking Continents
South America
  
Africa
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Botswana, Lesotho
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Interesting Facts
- One of the most widely spoken indigenous language in the America is Quechua.
- Quechua language has borrowed many words from Spanish.
  
- Xhosa has 15 click sounds, borrowed from the khoi-khoi and san languages of the South Africa.
- The same sequence of consonants and vowels can have different meaning when said with different tones, so Xhosa is tonal.
  
Similar To
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Zulu, Swazi, and Ndebele
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Khoi-Khoi and San Languages
  
Alphabets in
Quechua-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Xhosa-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Language Levels
Not Available
  
Hello
Rimaykullayki
  
Molo
  
Thank You
Solpayki
  
Ndiyabulela
  
How Are You?
Allillanchu
  
Unjani
  
Good Night
Allin tuta
  
Ulale kakuhle
  
Good Evening
Wuynas nuchis
  
Ubusuku obuhle
  
Good Afternoon
Wuynas tardis
  
Uben' emva kwemini entle
  
Good Morning
Wuynus diyas
  
Molo
  
Please
Not Available
  
Ndicela
  
Sorry
Pampachaykuway
  
Ndicela uxolo
  
Bye
bye
  
Uhambe/Usale kakuhle
  
I Love You
Kuyayki
  
Ndiyakuthanda
  
Excuse Me
Pampachaway
  
Uxolo
  
Dialect 1
Ancash
  
Gcaleka
  
Where They Speak
Peru
  
South Africa
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Huánuco
  
Thembu
  
Where They Speak
Peru
  
South Africa
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Yaru
  
Hlubi
  
Where They Speak
Peru
  
South Africa
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
8.90 million
  
99+
20.00 million
  
99+
Native Speakers
8.90 million
  
99+
8.20 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
11.00 million
  
21
Native Name
Qhichwa
  
isiXhosa
  
Alternative Names
North La Paz Quechua
  
“Cauzuh” (pej.), Isixhosa, Koosa, Xosa
  
French Name
quechua
  
xhosa
  
German Name
Quechua-Sprache
  
Xhosa-Sprache
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Quechua
  
amaXhosa, amaBhaca
  
Origin
16th Century
  
16th 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
  
isiXhosa
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Signed Xhosa
  
Scope
Macrolanguage
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
qu
  
xh
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
que
  
xho
  
ISO 639 2/B
que
  
xho
  
ISO 639 3
que
  
xho
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
quec1387
  
xhos1239
  
Linguasphere
No data Available
  
99-AUT-fa
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic
  
Not Available
  
Quechua and Xhosa 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 Xhosa greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Quechua and Xhosa language. Quechua word for "Hello" is Rimaykullayki or Xhosa word for "Thank You" is Ndiyabulela. Find more of such common Quechua Greetings and Xhosa Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Quechua vs Xhosa Difficulty
The Quechua vs Xhosa difficulty level basically depends on the number of Quechua Alphabets and Xhosa 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 Xhosa are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Quechua and Xhosa, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Quechua is 44 weeks while to learn Xhosa time required is 44 weeks.