Countries
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.
  
India
  
National Language
Ethiopia
  
India
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Africa
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Interesting Facts
- Amharic ranks as second most spoken Semitic language in the world.
- Amharic has its own writing system named “fidel” and it uses Amharic alphabets to write.
  
- The earliest literature in Oriya was traced in 7th to 9th centuries.
- Since Odia is having a long literary history and has not borrowed largely from other languages, it is the 6th classical language in India.
  
Similar To
Not Available
  
Bengali and Assamese
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Sanskrit Language
  
Alphabets in
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Oriya-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Ethiopic
  
Bengali, Odia alphabet (Brahmic)
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Selam
  
ନମସ୍କାର (namascara)
  
Thank You
amesege'nallo'
  
ଧନ୍ୟବାଦ୍ (dhanyabaad)
  
How Are You?
Dehina newot?
  
କେମିତି ଅତ୍ଚନ୍ଥି? (kemiti achanti?)
  
Good Night
Dehna dur
  
ସୁଭରାତ୍ର (shubharaatra)
  
Good Evening
melkam meshe't
  
ସୁଭସନ୍ଧ୍ୟା (subha sandhya)
  
Good Afternoon
i'ndemin walu
  
ସୁଭ ଖରା ବେଳ (shubha kharaa bela)
  
Good Morning
i'ndemin adäru
  
ସୁପ୍ରଭାତ (suprabhaata)
  
Please
i'bakwon
  
Not Available
  
Sorry
aznallehu
  
ମୁଁ ଦୁଃଖିତ (mū duḥkhita)
  
Bye
tschao
  
ସୁବିଦାୟ (shubidaaya)
  
I Love You
afekirishalehu
  
ମୁଁ ତୁମକୁ ଭଲ ପାଏ (mu tumoku bhala paye)
  
Excuse Me
yiqirta
  
କ୍ଷମା କରିବେ (kyamā karibe)
  
Dialect 1
Gondar
  
Baleswari
  
Where They Speak
Gondar
  
India
  
Dialect 2
Gojjami
  
Ganjami
  
Where They Speak
Ethiopia
  
India
  
Dialect 3
Showa
  
Kosli
  
Where They Speak
Ethiopia
  
India
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
18.70 million
  
99+
33.00 million
  
34
Native Speakers
25.00 million
  
32
33.00 million
  
28
Second Language Speakers
10.00 million
  
23
Not Available
  
Native Name
Not Available
  
ଓଡ଼ିଆ (ōṛiyā)
  
Alternative Names
Abyssinian, Amarigna, Amarinya, Amhara, Ethiopian
  
Odisha, Odri, Odrum, Oliya, Uriya, Utkali, Vadiya, Yudhia
  
French Name
amharique
  
oriya
  
German Name
Amharisch
  
Oriya-Sprache
  
Pronunciation
[amarɨɲɲa]
  
[ˈoɽia]
  
Ethnicity
Amharas
  
Odias
  
Origin
13th century
  
3 BC
  
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Semitic
  
Indo-Iranian
  
Branch
Ethiopic
  
Indic
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Ge'ez
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Amharic
  
Standard Odia
  
Signed Forms
Signed Amharic
  
Indian Signing System
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual, Macrolanguage
  
ISO 639 1
am
  
or
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
amh
  
ori
  
ISO 639 2/B
amh
  
ori
  
ISO 639 3
amh
  
ori
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
amha1245
  
macr1269
  
Linguasphere
12-ACB-a
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
  
Not Available
  
Amharic and Oriya 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 Amharic and Oriya greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Amharic and Oriya language. Amharic word for "Hello" is Selam or Oriya word for "Thank You" is ଧନ୍ୟବାଦ୍ (dhanyabaad). Find more of such common Amharic Greetings and Oriya Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Amharic vs Oriya Difficulty
The Amharic vs Oriya difficulty level basically depends on the number of Amharic Alphabets and Oriya 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 Amharic and Oriya are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Amharic and Oriya, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Amharic is 44 weeks while to learn Oriya time required is 44 weeks.