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
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
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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
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Derived From
Latin
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Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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Language Levels
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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
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Sorry
triste
Pampachaykuway
I Love You
Te Quiero
Kuyayki
Excuse Me
Discúlpeme
Pampachaway
Dialect 1
Mexican Spanish
Ancash
Where They Speak
Mexico
Peru
Dialect 2
Cuban Spanish
Huánuco
Where They Speak
Cuba
Peru
Dialect 3
Puerto Rican Spanish
Yaru
Where They Speak
Puerto Rico
Peru
Second Language Speakers
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]
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Ethnicity
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Quechua
Origin
210 BC
16th Century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Quechumaran Family
Subgroup
Romance
Andean Equatorial
Branch
Not Available
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Early Forms
Old Spanish and Spanish
No early forms
Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Spanish
Quechua
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Signed Spanish
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Scope
Individual
Macrolanguage
ISO 639 6
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Glottocode
stan1288
quec1387
Linguasphere
51-AAA-b
No data Available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
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Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
Agglutinative, Synthetic
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.
