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Nepali and Quechua


Quechua and Nepali


Countries

Countries
India, Nepal  
Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
6  
9

National Language
Nepal  
Bolivia, Ecuador, Peru  

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

Speaking Continents
Asia  
South America  

Minority Language
People's Republic of China  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
Language Academy of Nepal  
-  

Interesting Facts
  • Before the term "Nepali" was coined, historically the language was first called the Khas language, Gorkhali or Gukhali.
  • Nepali has borrowed many loanwords from neighboring Tibeto-Burmese languages.
  
  • One of the most widely spoken indigenous language in the America is Quechua.
  • Quechua language has borrowed many words from Spanish.
  

Similar To
Hindi  
Aymara and Guarani Languages  

Derived From
Sanskrit Language  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
48  
28
31  
13

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12  
9
5  
2

How Many Consonants
36  
26
26  
16

Scripts
Devanagari  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
नमस्ते (namaste)  
Rimaykullayki  

Thank You
धन्यवाद (dhanyabad)  
Solpayki  

How Are You?
तिमीलाई कस्तो छ? (timi lai kasto cha?)  
Allillanchu  

Good Night
शुभ रात्री (subha ratri)  
Allin tuta  

Good Evening
शुभ सन्ध्या (subha sandhya)  
Wuynas nuchis  

Good Afternoon
Good afternoon  
Wuynas tardis  

Good Morning
शुभ प्रभात (subha prabhat)  
Wuynus diyas  

Please
कृपया  
jamuspa  

Sorry
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)  
Pampachaykuway  

Bye
नमस्ते (namaste)  
bye  

I Love You
म तपाइलाइ माया गर्छु। (ma tapainlai maya garchu)  
Kuyayki  

Excuse Me
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)  
Pampachaway  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Doteli  
Ancash  

Where They Speak
Nepal  
Peru  

How Many People Speak
790,000.00  
99+
920,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Bajhangi  
Huánuco  

Where They Speak
India, Nepal  
Peru  

How Many People Speak
17,000,000.00  
29
190,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Baitadeli  
Yaru  

Where They Speak
Nepal  
Peru  

How Many People Speak
17,000,000.00  
26
150,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
12  
12
10  
10

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
30.00 million  
36
8.90 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.25 %  
99+
0.13 %  
99+

Native Speakers
25.00 million  
32
8.90 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
5.00 million  
99+
8.00 million  
99+

Native Name
नेपाली (nēpālī)  
Qhichwa  

Alternative Names
Eastern Pahadi, Gorkhali, Gurkhali, Khaskura, Nepalese, Parbate  
North La Paz Quechua  

French Name
népalais  
quechua  

German Name
Nepali  
Quechua-Sprache  

Pronunciation
[neˈpali]  
[ˈketʃwa]  

Ethnicity
Gurkha, Khas people, Madhesi and Tharu  
Quechua  

History

Origin
19 BC  
16th Century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Quechumaran Family  

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian  
Andean Equatorial  

Branch
Indic  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Khas language, Gurkhali, Parbatiya, Dzongkha Lhotshammikha  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Nepali  
Quechua  

Language Position
59  
99+
23  
21

Signed Forms
Signed Nepali  
Signed Quechua  

Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage  
Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
ne  
qu  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
nep  
que  

ISO 639 2/B
nep  
que  

ISO 639 3
npi  
que  

ISO 639 6
nep  
que  

Glottocode
nepa1254  
quec1387  

Linguasphere
12  
No data Available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative  
Agglutinative, Synthetic  

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All Nepali and Quechua Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Nepali and Quechua dialects. Various dialects of Nepali and Quechua language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Nepali are spoken in different Nepali Speaking Countries whereas Quechua Dialects are spoken in different Quechua speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Nepali vs Quechua Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Nepali dialects include: Doteli, Bajhangi. Quechua dialects include: Ancash , Huánuco. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Nepali and Quechua Speaking population

Nepali and Quechua speaking population is one of the factors based on which Nepali and Quechua languages can be compared. The total count of Nepali and Quechua Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Nepali language is 0.25 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Quechua language is 0.13 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Nepali and Quechua on Nepali vs Quechua where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Nepali and Quechua Language Codes

Nepali and Quechua language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Nepali and Quechua Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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