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Quechua vs Russian


Countries

Countries
Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan   
Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru   

Total No. Of Countries
4   
11
6   
9

National Language
Russia   
Bolivia, Ecuador, Peru   

Second Language
Afganistan   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe   
South America   

Minority Language
Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Estonia, Finland, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Israel, Jordan, Latvia, Lithuania, Mongolia, Poland, Serbia, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Regulated By
Russian Academy, Russian Language Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences   
Not Available   

Interesting Facts
  • In Russian language, the words are not pronounced as they are written.
  • In Russian language, there are only 200,000 words out of which only few words are used and due to this many words have more than one meaning.
  
  • One of the most widely spoken indigenous language in the America is Quechua.
  • Quechua language has borrowed many words from Spanish.
  

Similar To
Ukrainian and Belarusian Languages   
Not Available   

Derived From
Proto-Slavic Vocabulary   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
33   
15
31   
13

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
10   
7
5   
2

How Many Consonants
21   
11
26   
16

Scripts
Cyrillic   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
Not Available   

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
здравствуйте(zdravstvuyte)   
Rimaykullayki   

Thank You
спасибо(spasibo)   
Solpayki   

How Are You?
Как дела? (Kak dela?)   
Allillanchu   

Good Night
Спокойной Ночи(Spokoynoy Nochi)   
Allin tuta   

Good Evening
Добрый Вечер(Dobryy Vecher)   
Wuynas nuchis   

Good Afternoon
Добрый День(Dobryy Den')   
Wuynas tardis   

Good Morning
Доброе Утро(Dobroye Utro)   
Wuynus diyas   

Please
пожалуйста(pozhaluysta)   
Not Available   

Sorry
Извините(Izvinite)   
Pampachaykuway   

Bye
до свидания(do svidaniya)   
bye   

I Love You
Я тебя люблю(YA tebya lyublyu)   
Kuyayki   

Excuse Me
извините(izvinite)   
Pampachaway   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Doukhobor Russian   
Ancash   

Where They Speak
Alberta, British Columbia, Canada, Saskatchewan   
Peru   

How Many People Speak
30,000.00   
99+
920,000.00   
29

Dialect 2
Olonets   
Huánuco   

Where They Speak
Olonets   
Peru   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
190,000.00   
33

Dialect 3
Novgorod   
Yaru   

Where They Speak
Novgorod   
Peru   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
150,000.00   
25

Total No. Of Dialects
13   
13
10   
10

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
276.00 million   
6
8.90 million   
99+

Speaking Population
2.33 %   
9
0.13 %   
99+

Native Speakers
166.00 million   
8
8.90 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
110.00 million   
7
Not Available   

Native Name
Русский   
Qhichwa   

Alternative Names
Russki   
North La Paz Quechua   

French Name
russe   
quechua   

German Name
Russisch   
Quechua-Sprache   

Pronunciation
[ˈruskʲɪj jɪˈzɨk]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Russians   
Quechua   

History

Origin
1000 AD   
16th Century   

Language Family
Indo-European Family, Slavic Family   
Quechumaran Family   

Subgroup
Slavic   
Andean Equatorial   

Branch
Eastern   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old East Slavic   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Standard Russian   
Quechua   

Language Position
7   
7
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Signed Russian   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Macrolanguage   

Code

ISO 639 1
ru   
qu   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
rus   
que   

ISO 639 2/B
rus   
que   

ISO 639 3
rus   
que   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
russ1263   
quec1387   

Linguasphere
53-AAA-ea   
No data Available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic   
Agglutinative, Synthetic   

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Russian and Quechua Language History

Comparison of Russian vs Quechua language history gives us differences between origin of Russian and Quechua language. History of Russian language states that this language originated in 1000 AD whereas history of Quechua 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 Russian and Quechua Language History.

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

Russian vs Quechua Difficulty

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

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