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Quechua vs Somali


Somali vs Quechua


Countries

Countries
Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru  
Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia  

Total No. Of Countries
6  
9
3  
12

National Language
Bolivia, Ecuador, Peru  
Somalia  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
South America  
Africa, Middle East  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Yemen  

Regulated By
-  
National Languages Committee, Regional Somali Language Academy  

Interesting Facts
  • One of the most widely spoken indigenous language in the America is Quechua.
  • Quechua language has borrowed many words from Spanish.
  
  • Somali language is one of the best documented Afro-Asiatic languages.
  • One of the most widely spoken of the Cushitic languages is the Somali Language.
  

Similar To
Aymara and Guarani Languages  
Afar and Oromo Language  

Derived From
-  
Arabic Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
31  
13
26  
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
5  
2

How Many Consonants
26  
16
21  
11

Scripts
Latin  
Arabic, Latin, Osmanya  

Writing Direction
-  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
5  
4

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
52 weeks  
18

Greetings

Hello
Rimaykullayki  
Hello  

Thank You
Solpayki  
Waad ku mahadsan tahay  

How Are You?
Allillanchu  
Sidee tahay ?  

Good Night
Allin tuta  
Habeenka Good  

Good Evening
Wuynas nuchis  
Evening Good  

Good Afternoon
Wuynas tardis  
galab wanaagsan  

Good Morning
Wuynus diyas  
Subax wanaagsan  

Please
jamuspa  
Fadlan  

Sorry
Pampachaykuway  
sorry  

Bye
bye  
caraysiiyo  

I Love You
Kuyayki  
Waan ku jeclahay  

Excuse Me
Pampachaway  
iga raali ahow  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Ancash  
Northern Somali  

Where They Speak
Peru  
Gabon, Standard Somali  

How Many People Speak
920,000.00  
99+
16,000,000.00  
32

Dialect 2
Huánuco  
Benaadir  

Where They Speak
Peru  
Georgia, The capital of Mogadishu  

How Many People Speak
190,000.00  
99+
16,000,000.00  
30

Dialect 3
Yaru  
Af-Ashraaf  

Where They Speak
Peru  
Standard Somali  

How Many People Speak
150,000.00  
99+
21.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
10  
10
3  
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
8.90 million  
99+
13.00 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.13 %  
99+
0.07 %  
99+

Native Speakers
8.90 million  
99+
8.00 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
8.00 million  
99+
21.00 million  
29

Native Name
Qhichwa  
af Soomaali  

Alternative Names
North La Paz Quechua  
Af-Maxaad Tiri, Af-Soomaali, Common Somali, Soomaaliga  

French Name
quechua  
somali  

German Name
Quechua-Sprache  
Somali  

Pronunciation
[ˈketʃwa]  
[afsoomaali]  

Ethnicity
Quechua  
Somalis  

History

Origin
16th Century  
19th century  

Language Family
Quechumaran Family  
Afro-Asiatic Family  

Subgroup
Andean Equatorial  
Cushitic  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Quechua  
Somali  

Language Position
23  
21
83  
99+

Signed Forms
Signed Quechua  
Somali Sign Language  

Scope
Macrolanguage  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
qu  
so  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
que  
som  

ISO 639 2/B
que  
som  

ISO 639 3
que  
som  

ISO 639 6
que  
som  

Glottocode
quec1387  
soma1255  

Linguasphere
No data Available  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
Subject-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic  
-  

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Quechua and Somali Language History

Comparison of Quechua vs Somali language history gives us differences between origin of Quechua and Somali language. History of Quechua language states that this language originated in 16th Century whereas history of Somali language states that this language originated in 19th century. 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 Somali Language History.

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

Quechua vs Somali Difficulty

The Quechua vs Somali difficulty level basically depends on the number of Quechua Alphabets and Somali 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 Somali are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Quechua and Somali, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Quechua is 44 weeks while to learn Somali time required is 52 weeks.

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