Countries
Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, East Timor, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Macau, Mozambique, Portugal, São Tomé and Príncipe
Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru
National Language
Portugal
Bolivia, Ecuador, Peru
Second Language
United States of America
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, South America
South America
Minority Language
Australia, Daman and Diu, France, Germany, Goa, Italy, Japan, United States of America
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Academia Brasileira de Letras (Brazilian Literary Academy), Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, Classe de Letras
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Interesting Facts
- Portuguese language has absorbed many words from French, Italian, Arabic and also from indigenous South American and African languages.
- The first written document in Portuguese language was found in the 12th century.
- One of the most widely spoken indigenous language in the America is Quechua.
- Quechua language has borrowed many words from Spanish.
Similar To
Spanish and Galician Languages
Aymara and Guarani Languages
Alphabets in
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Quechua-Alphabets.jpg#200
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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Thank You
obrigado
Solpayki
How Are You?
Como você está?
Allillanchu
Good Night
boa noite
Allin tuta
Good Evening
boa Noite
Wuynas nuchis
Good Afternoon
boa Tarde
Wuynas tardis
Good Morning
bom Dia
Wuynus diyas
Sorry
pesaroso
Pampachaykuway
I Love You
Eu te amo
Kuyayki
Excuse Me
desculpe me
Pampachaway
Dialect 1
Brazilian Portuguese
Ancash
Where They Speak
Brazil
Peru
Dialect 2
European Portuguese
Huánuco
Where They Speak
Portugal
Peru
Dialect 3
Daman and Diu Portuguese creole
Yaru
Where They Speak
Daman and Diu
Peru
Native Name
Português
Qhichwa
Alternative Names
Português
North La Paz Quechua
French Name
portugais
quechua
German Name
Portugiesisch
Quechua-Sprache
Pronunciation
[puɾtuˈɣeʃ], [poʁtuˈɡes]
[ˈketʃwa]
Ethnicity
Portuguese people or portugueses
Quechua
Origin
3rd Century
16th Century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Quechumaran Family
Subgroup
Romance
Andean Equatorial
Early Forms
Medieval Galician
No early forms
Standard Forms
Portuguese
Quechua
Signed Forms
Signed Portuguese
Signed Quechua
Scope
Individual
Macrolanguage
Glottocode
port1283
quec1387
Linguasphere
51-AAA-a
No data Available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
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Language Morphological Typology
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Agglutinative, Synthetic
Portuguese 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 Portuguese and Quechua greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Portuguese and Quechua language. Portuguese word for "Hello" is Olá or Quechua word for "Thank You" is Solpayki. Find more of such common Portuguese Greetings and Quechua Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Portuguese vs Quechua Difficulty
The Portuguese vs Quechua difficulty level basically depends on the number of Portuguese 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 Portuguese and Quechua are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Portuguese and Quechua, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Portuguese is 24 weeks while to learn Quechua time required is 44 weeks.