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
  
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 in
Spanish-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Quechua-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Language Levels
Not Available
  
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
  
Dialect 1
Mexican Spanish
  
Ancash
  
Where They Speak
Mexico
  
Peru
  
How Many People Speak
105,000,000.00
  
5
Dialect 2
Cuban Spanish
  
Huánuco
  
Where They Speak
Cuba
  
Peru
  
How Many People Speak
11,000,000.00
  
8
Dialect 3
Puerto Rican Spanish
  
Yaru
  
Where They Speak
Puerto Rico
  
Peru
  
How Many People Speak
3,900,000.00
  
9
How Many People Speak?
489.00 million
  
3
8.90 million
  
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
  
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
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Signed Spanish
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Macrolanguage
  
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
  
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.