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Quechua Language



Countries

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

Total No. Of Countries
6 9

National Language
Bolivia, Ecuador, Peru

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries

Speaking Continents
South America

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries

Regulated By
-

Interesting Facts
  • One of the most widely spoken indigenous language in the America is Quechua.
  • Quechua language has borrowed many words from Spanish.

Similar To
Aymara and Guarani Languages

Derived From
-

Alphabets

Alphabets in
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Alphabets
31 13

Phonology

How Many Vowels
5 2

How Many Consonants
26 16

Scripts
Latin

Writing Direction
-

Hard to Learn

Language Levels
6 5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks 17

Greetings

Hello
Rimaykullayki

Thank You
Solpayki

How Are You?
Allillanchu

Good Night
Allin tuta

Good Evening
Wuynas nuchis

Good Afternoon
Wuynas tardis

Good Morning
Wuynus diyas

Please
jamuspa

Sorry
Pampachaykuway

Bye
bye

I Love You
Kuyayki

Excuse Me
Pampachaway

Dialects

Dialect 1
Ancash

Where They Speak
Peru

How Many People Speak
920,000.00 62

Dialect 2
Huánuco

Where They Speak
Peru

How Many People Speak
190,000.00 75

Dialect 3
Yaru

Where They Speak
Peru

How Many People Speak
150,000.00 63

Total No. Of Dialects
10 10

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
8.90 million 58

Speaking Population
0.13 % 54

Native Speakers
8.90 million 48

Second Language Speakers
8.00 million 44

Native Name
Qhichwa

Alternative Names
North La Paz Quechua

French Name
quechua

German Name
Quechua-Sprache

Pronunciation
[ˈketʃwa]

Ethnicity
Quechua

History

Origin
16th Century

Language Family
Quechumaran Family

Subgroup
Andean Equatorial

Branch
-

Language Forms

Early Forms
No early forms

Standard Forms
Quechua

Language Position
23 21

Signed Forms
Signed Quechua

Scope
Macrolanguage

Code

ISO 639 1
qu

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T
que

ISO 639 2/B
que

ISO 639 3
que

ISO 639 6
que

Glottocode
quec1387

Linguasphere
No data Available

Types of Language

Language Type
Living

Language Linguistic Typology
-

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic

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Origin of Quechua language

In order to communicate with each other, the origin of language was the essential part. Various languages are spoken all over the world. Quechua language is one of the Easiest Languages to Learn. The origin of Quechua language states that it was put to use in 16th Century. The history of Quechua language reveals that the language is old and used since many years. Check out in brief about Quechua Language History. Quechua has no early forms. Quechua is the standard form of Quechua language and it is used in government centers. Know all About Quechua Language.

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Quechua population

Quechua population gives us the total count of number of people speaking Quechua language. Quechua language is spoken by 8.90 million people in the world. Most of the Quechua population lies in the Quechua Speaking Countries. Quechua language is spoken as first language by 8.90 million people and as second language by about 8.00 million people. Get to know Quechua speaking population in detail.

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Quechua writing system

There are numerous writing systems but most widely used scripts are Latin, Cyrillic and Arabic. Quechua writing system decides the alphabets, vowels and consonants i.e. the written form of Quechua language. Some languages share common writing systems. Latin script is used by Quechua language. Learn more about . 

Information about Quechua language

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