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Quechua vs Xhosa


Xhosa vs Quechua


Countries

Countries
Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru  
South Africa  

Total No. Of Countries
6  
9
1  
14

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
Not Available  
Zulu, Swazi, and Ndebele  

Derived From
Not Available  
Khoi-Khoi and San Languages  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
31  
13
53  
32

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
10  
7

How Many Consonants
26  
16
43  
32

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
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

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  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Ancash  
Gcaleka  

Where They Speak
Peru  
South Africa  

How Many People Speak
920,000.00  
29
Not Available  

Dialect 2
Huánuco  
Thembu  

Where They Speak
Peru  
South Africa  

How Many People Speak
190,000.00  
33
Not Available  

Dialect 3
Yaru  
Hlubi  

Where They Speak
Peru  
South Africa  

How Many People Speak
150,000.00  
25
Not Available  

Total No. Of Dialects
10  
10
9  
9

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
8.90 million  
99+
20.00 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.13 %  
99+
0.11 %  
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  

History

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  

Code

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  

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Quechua and Xhosa Language History

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

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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.

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