Countries
Countries
Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru
South Africa
Total No. Of Countries
61
0
46
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National Language
Bolivia, Ecuador, Peru
South Africa
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Lesotho, South Africa
Speaking Continents
South America
Africa
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Botswana, Lesotho
Regulated By
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Interesting Facts
- One of the most widely spoken indigenous language in the America is Quechua.
- Quechua language has borrowed many words from Spanish.
- Xhosa has 15 click sounds, borrowed from the khoi-khoi and san languages of the South Africa.
- The same sequence of consonants and vowels can have different meaning when said with different tones, so Xhosa is tonal.
Similar To
Aymara and Guarani Languages
Zulu, Swazi, and Ndebele
Derived From
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Khoi-Khoi and San Languages
Alphabets
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3153
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
510
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
2643
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
-
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
63
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Greetings
Hello
Rimaykullayki
Molo
Thank You
Solpayki
Ndiyabulela
How Are You?
Allillanchu
Unjani
Good Night
Allin tuta
Ulale kakuhle
Good Evening
Wuynas nuchis
Ubusuku obuhle
Good Afternoon
Wuynas tardis
Uben' emva kwemini entle
Good Morning
Wuynus diyas
Molo
Please
jamuspa
Ndicela
Sorry
Pampachaykuway
Ndicela uxolo
Bye
bye
Uhambe/Usale kakuhle
I Love You
Kuyayki
Ndiyakuthanda
Excuse Me
Pampachaway
Uxolo
Dialects
Dialect 1
Ancash
Gcaleka
Where They Speak
Peru
South Africa
How Many People Speak
920,000.0019,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Huánuco
Thembu
Where They Speak
Peru
South Africa
How Many People Speak
190,000.0019,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Yaru
Hlubi
Where They Speak
Peru
South Africa
How Many People Speak
150,000.0019.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
109
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak
How Many People Speak?
8.90 million20.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.13 %0.11 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
8.90 million8.20 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
8.00 million11.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
Qhichwa
isiXhosa
Alternative Names
North La Paz Quechua
“Cauzuh” (pej.), Isixhosa, Koosa, Xosa
French Name
quechua
xhosa
German Name
Quechua-Sprache
Xhosa-Sprache
Pronunciation
[ˈketʃwa]
[ˈkǁʰɔ̀ːsa]
Ethnicity
Quechua
amaXhosa, amaBhaca
History
Origin
16th Century
16th Century
Language Family
Quechumaran Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
Andean Equatorial
Benue-Congo
Branch
-
Bantu
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Quechua
isiXhosa
Language Position
2321
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Quechua
Signed Xhosa
Scope
Macrolanguage
Individual
Code
ISO 639 1
qu
xh
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
que
xho
ISO 639 2/B
que
xho
ISO 639 3
que
xho
ISO 639 6
que
xho
Glottocode
quec1387
xhos1239
Linguasphere
No data Available
99-AUT-fa
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
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Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic
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