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Spanish vs Quechua


Quechua vs Spanish


Countries

Countries
Andora, Argentina, Aruba, Australia, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gibraltar, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica, Latvia, Luxembourg, Mexico, Morocco, Namibia, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Norway, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Russia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, Uruguay, Venezuela, Western Sahara   
Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru   

Total No. Of Countries
46   
1
6   
9

National Language
Spain   
Bolivia, Ecuador, Peru   

Second Language
Andora, Aruba, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Belize, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Luxembourg, Morocco, Netherlands, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Slovenia, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, US Virgin Islands   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, South America   
South America   

Minority Language
Brazil, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Morocco, United Kingdom   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Regulated By
Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española   
Not Available   

Interesting Facts
  • One of the world's most phonetic language is Spanish.
  • Up to the 18th century, Spanish was diplomatic language.
  
  • One of the most widely spoken indigenous language in the America is Quechua.
  • Quechua language has borrowed many words from Spanish.
  

Similar To
French Language   
Not Available   

Derived From
Latin   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
27   
9
31   
13

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
5   
2

How Many Consonants
22   
12
26   
16

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
Not Available   

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks   
6
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
hola   
Rimaykullayki   

Thank You
Gracias   
Solpayki   

How Are You?
Cómo estás?   
Allillanchu   

Good Night
Buenas Noches   
Allin tuta   

Good Evening
Bonne soirée   
Wuynas nuchis   

Good Afternoon
Buenas Tardes   
Wuynas tardis   

Good Morning
Buenos Días   
Wuynus diyas   

Please
Por Favor   
Not Available   

Sorry
triste   
Pampachaykuway   

Bye
adiós   
bye   

I Love You
Te Quiero   
Kuyayki   

Excuse Me
Discúlpeme   
Pampachaway   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Mexican Spanish   
Ancash   

Where They Speak
Mexico   
Peru   

How Many People Speak
105,000,000.00   
5
920,000.00   
29

Dialect 2
Cuban Spanish   
Huánuco   

Where They Speak
Cuba   
Peru   

How Many People Speak
11,000,000.00   
8
190,000.00   
33

Dialect 3
Puerto Rican Spanish   
Yaru   

Where They Speak
Puerto Rico   
Peru   

How Many People Speak
3,900,000.00   
9
150,000.00   
25

Total No. Of Dialects
21   
19
10   
10

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
489.00 million   
3
8.90 million   
99+

Speaking Population
6.15 %   
3
0.13 %   
99+

Native Speakers
410.00 million   
2
8.90 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
89.50 million   
9
Not Available   

Native Name
Español   
Qhichwa   

Alternative Names
Castellano, Castilian, Español   
North La Paz Quechua   

French Name
espagnol; castillan   
quechua   

German Name
Spanisch   
Quechua-Sprache   

Pronunciation
[espaˈɲol], [kasteˈʎano]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Not Available   
Quechua   

History

Origin
210 BC   
16th Century   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Quechumaran Family   

Subgroup
Romance   
Andean Equatorial   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Spanish and Spanish   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Spanish   
Quechua   

Language Position
2   
2
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Signed Spanish   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Macrolanguage   

Code

ISO 639 1
es   
qu   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
spa   
que   

ISO 639 2/B
spa   
que   

ISO 639 3
spa   
que   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
stan1288   
quec1387   

Linguasphere
51-AAA-b   
No data Available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic   
Agglutinative, Synthetic   

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Spanish and Quechua Language History

Comparison of Spanish vs Quechua language history gives us differences between origin of Spanish and Quechua language. History of Spanish language states that this language originated in 210 BC 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 Spanish and Quechua Language History.

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

Spanish vs Quechua Difficulty

The Spanish vs Quechua difficulty level basically depends on the number of Spanish 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 Spanish and Quechua are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Spanish and Quechua, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Spanish is 24 weeks while to learn Quechua time required is 44 weeks.

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