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Quechua vs Nepali


Nepali vs Quechua


Countries

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

Total No. Of Countries
6  
9
2  
13

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

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

Alphabets
31  
13
48  
28

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
12  
9

How Many Consonants
26  
16
36  
26

Scripts
Latin  
Devanagari  

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
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)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Ancash  
Doteli  

Where They Speak
Peru  
Nepal  

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

Dialect 2
Huánuco  
Bajhangi  

Where They Speak
Peru  
India, Nepal  

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

Dialect 3
Yaru  
Baitadeli  

Where They Speak
Peru  
Nepal  

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

Total No. Of Dialects
10  
10
12  
12

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.13 %  
99+
0.25 %  
99+

Native Speakers
8.90 million  
99+
25.00 million  
32

Second Language Speakers
8.00 million  
99+
5.00 million  
99+

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  

History

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
23  
21
59  
99+

Signed Forms
Signed Quechua  
Signed Nepali  

Scope
Macrolanguage  
Individual, Macrolanguage  

Code

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  

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Quechua and Nepali Language History

Comparison of Quechua vs Nepali language history gives us differences between origin of Quechua and Nepali language. History of Quechua language states that this language originated in 16th Century whereas history of Nepali language states that this language originated in 19 BC. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Quechua and Nepali Language History.

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Quechua and Nepali 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 Quechua and Nepali greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Quechua and Nepali language. Quechua word for "Hello" is Rimaykullayki or Nepali word for "Thank You" is धन्यवाद (dhanyabad). Find more of such common Quechua Greetings and Nepali Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Quechua vs Nepali Difficulty

The Quechua vs Nepali difficulty level basically depends on the number of Quechua Alphabets and Nepali 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 Quechua and Nepali are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Quechua and Nepali, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Quechua is 44 weeks while to learn Nepali time required is 44 weeks.

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