Countries
Countries
Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru
South Africa
Total No. Of Countries
61
0
46
👆🏻
National Language
Bolivia, Ecuador, Peru
South Africa
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Namibia, South Africa
Speaking Continents
South America
Africa
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Regulated By
-
Die Taalkommissie, National Languages Committee
Interesting Facts
- One of the most widely spoken indigenous language in the America is Quechua.
- Quechua language has borrowed many words from Spanish.
- Afrikaans Language is a mixture of English, Dutch, German, French and some South African language like Xhosa.
- Afrikaans Language lacks case and gender distinctions.
Similar To
Aymara and Guarani Languages
Dutch Language
Derived From
-
Dutch Language
Alphabets
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3132
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
515
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
2617
9
60
👆🏻
Scripts
Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
-
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
63
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks24 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Greetings
Hello
Rimaykullayki
hallo
Thank You
Solpayki
Dankie
How Are You?
Allillanchu
Hoe gaan dit
Good Night
Allin tuta
goeie nag
Good Evening
Wuynas nuchis
Goeienaand
Good Afternoon
Wuynas tardis
Goeie middag
Good Morning
Wuynus diyas
goeie more
Please
jamuspa
asseblief
Sorry
Pampachaykuway
jammer
Bye
bye
Totsiens
I Love You
Kuyayki
Ek het jou lief
Excuse Me
Pampachaway
Verskoon my
Dialects
Dialect 1
Ancash
Kaapse Afrikaans
Where They Speak
Peru
-
How Many People Speak
920,000.007,700,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Huánuco
Oranjeriverafrikaans
Where They Speak
Peru
-
How Many People Speak
190,000.007,700,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Yaru
Baster Afrikaans
Where They Speak
Peru
Namibia
How Many People Speak
150,000.007.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
103
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak
How Many People Speak?
8.90 million19.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.13 %0.03 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
8.90 million7.10 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
8.00 million10.30 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
Qhichwa
Afrikaans
Alternative Names
North La Paz Quechua
Cape Dutch
French Name
quechua
afrikaans
German Name
Quechua-Sprache
Afrikaans
Pronunciation
[ˈketʃwa]
[ɐfriˈkɑːns]
Ethnicity
Quechua
Afrikaners
History
Origin
16th Century
17th Century
Language Family
Quechumaran Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Andean Equatorial
Germanic
Branch
-
Western
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Cape dutch or kitchen dutch
Standard Forms
Quechua
Standard Afrikaans
Language Position
2323
1
120
👆🏻
Signed Forms
Signed Quechua
Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)
Scope
Macrolanguage
Individual
Code
ISO 639 1
qu
af
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
que
afr
ISO 639 2/B
que
afr
ISO 639 3
que
afr
ISO 639 6
que
afrs
Glottocode
quec1387
afri1274
Linguasphere
No data Available
52-ACB-ba
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic
Analytic