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Somali vs Quechua


Quechua vs Somali


Countries

Countries
Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia  
Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru  

Total No. Of Countries
3  
12
6  
9

National Language
Somalia  
Bolivia, Ecuador, Peru  

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

Speaking Continents
Africa, Middle East  
South America  

Minority Language
Yemen  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
National Languages Committee, Regional Somali Language Academy  
Not Available  

Interesting Facts
  • Somali language is one of the best documented Afro-Asiatic languages.
  • One of the most widely spoken of the Cushitic languages is the Somali Language.
  
  • One of the most widely spoken indigenous language in the America is Quechua.
  • Quechua language has borrowed many words from Spanish.
  

Similar To
Afar and Oromo Language  
Not Available  

Derived From
Arabic Language  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26  
8
31  
13

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
5  
2

How Many Consonants
21  
11
26  
16

Scripts
Arabic, Latin, Osmanya  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
Not Available  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5  
4
Not Available  

Time Taken to Learn
52 weeks  
12
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
Hello  
Rimaykullayki  

Thank You
Waad ku mahadsan tahay  
Solpayki  

How Are You?
Sidee tahay ?  
Allillanchu  

Good Night
Habeenka Good  
Allin tuta  

Good Evening
Evening Good  
Wuynas nuchis  

Good Afternoon
galab wanaagsan  
Wuynas tardis  

Good Morning
Subax wanaagsan  
Wuynus diyas  

Please
Fadlan  
Not Available  

Sorry
sorry  
Pampachaykuway  

Bye
caraysiiyo  
bye  

I Love You
Waan ku jeclahay  
Kuyayki  

Excuse Me
iga raali ahow  
Pampachaway  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Northern Somali  
Ancash  

Where They Speak
Gabon, Standard Somali  
Peru  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
920,000.00  
29

Dialect 2
Benaadir  
Huánuco  

Where They Speak
Georgia, The capital of Mogadishu  
Peru  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
190,000.00  
33

Dialect 3
Af-Ashraaf  
Yaru  

Where They Speak
Standard Somali  
Peru  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
150,000.00  
25

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
10  
10

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available  
0.13 %  
99+

Native Speakers
8.00 million  
99+
8.90 million  
99+

Native Name
af Soomaali  
Qhichwa  

Alternative Names
Af-Maxaad Tiri, Af-Soomaali, Common Somali, Soomaaliga  
North La Paz Quechua  

French Name
somali  
quechua  

German Name
Somali  
Quechua-Sprache  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Somalis  
Quechua  

History

Origin
19th century  
16th Century  

Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family  
Quechumaran Family  

Subgroup
Cushitic  
Andean Equatorial  

Branch
Not Available  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Somali  
Quechua  

Language Position
83  
99+
Not Available  

Signed Forms
Somali Sign Language  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual  
Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
so  
qu  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
som  
que  

ISO 639 2/B
som  
que  

ISO 639 3
som  
que  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
soma1255  
quec1387  

Linguasphere
No data available  
No data Available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb  
Not Available  

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available  
Agglutinative, Synthetic  

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Somali and Quechua Language History

Comparison of Somali vs Quechua language history gives us differences between origin of Somali and Quechua language. History of Somali language states that this language originated in 19th century 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 Somali and Quechua Language History.

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

Somali vs Quechua Difficulty

The Somali vs Quechua difficulty level basically depends on the number of Somali 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 Somali and Quechua are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Somali and Quechua, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Somali is 52 weeks while to learn Quechua time required is 44 weeks.

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