Countries
Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru
India, Nepal
Total No. Of Countries
62
0
46
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National Language
Bolivia, Ecuador, Peru
Nepal
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Republic of Brazil
Speaking Continents
South America
Asia
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
People's Republic of China
Regulated By
-
Language Academy of Nepal
Interesting Facts
- One of the most widely spoken indigenous language in the America is Quechua.
- Quechua language has borrowed many words from Spanish.
- 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.
Similar To
Aymara and Guarani Languages
Hindi
Derived From
-
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3148
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
512
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
2636
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Devanagari
Writing Direction
-
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
66
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Rimaykullayki
नमस्ते (namaste)
Thank You
Solpayki
धन्यवाद (dhanyabad)
How Are You?
Allillanchu
तिमीलाई कस्तो छ? (timi lai kasto cha?)
Good Night
Allin tuta
शुभ रात्री (subha ratri)
Good Evening
Wuynas nuchis
शुभ सन्ध्या (subha sandhya)
Good Afternoon
Wuynas tardis
Good afternoon
Good Morning
Wuynus diyas
शुभ प्रभात (subha prabhat)
Please
jamuspa
कृपया
Sorry
Pampachaykuway
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)
Bye
bye
नमस्ते (namaste)
I Love You
Kuyayki
म तपाइलाइ माया गर्छु। (ma tapainlai maya garchu)
Excuse Me
Pampachaway
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)
Dialect 1
Ancash
Doteli
Where They Speak
Peru
Nepal
How Many People Speak
920,000.00790,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Huánuco
Bajhangi
Where They Speak
Peru
India, Nepal
How Many People Speak
190,000.0017,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Yaru
Baitadeli
Where They Speak
Peru
Nepal
How Many People Speak
150,000.0017,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
1012
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
8.90 million30.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.13 %0.25 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
8.90 million25.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
8.00 million5.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
Qhichwa
नेपाली (nēpālī)
Alternative Names
North La Paz Quechua
Eastern Pahadi, Gorkhali, Gurkhali, Khaskura, Nepalese, Parbate
French Name
quechua
népalais
German Name
Quechua-Sprache
Nepali
Pronunciation
[ˈketʃwa]
[neˈpali]
Ethnicity
Quechua
Gurkha, Khas people, Madhesi and Tharu
Origin
16th Century
19 BC
Language Family
Quechumaran Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Andean Equatorial
Indo-Iranian
Branch
-
Indic
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Khas language, Gurkhali, Parbatiya, Dzongkha Lhotshammikha
Standard Forms
Quechua
Nepali
Language Position
2359
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Quechua
Signed Nepali
Scope
Macrolanguage
Individual, Macrolanguage
ISO 639 1
qu
ne
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
que
nep
ISO 639 2/B
que
nep
ISO 639 3
que
npi
ISO 639 6
que
nep
Glottocode
quec1387
nepa1254
Linguasphere
No data Available
12
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic
Agglutinative