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Cantonese and Oriya


Oriya and Cantonese


Countries

Countries
Hong Kong, Macau   
India   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
1   
14

National Language
China, Guangdong   
India   

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

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Asia   

Minority Language
Hawaii   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Regulated By
Civil Service Bureau, Government of Hong Kong, Official Language Division   
Not Available   

Interesting Facts
  • Cantonese have lot of slangs, many of them include words that do not make sense at all and some also have English in them.
  • Even though Cantonese and Mandarin are dialects of Chinese, Cantonese has 8 tones instead of Mandarin's 4.
  
  • 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
Chinese Language   
Bengali and Assamese   

Derived From
Not Available   
Sanskrit Language   

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Cantonese-Alphabets.jpg#200   
Oriya-Alphabets.jpg#200   

Alphabets
28   
10
42   
22

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8   
5
11   
8

How Many Consonants
20   
10
31   
21

Scripts
Chinese Characters and derivatives   
Bengali, Odia alphabet (Brahmic)   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
10   
8
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks   
13
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
您好   
ନମସ୍କାର (namascara)   

Thank You
谢谢   
ଧନ୍ୟବାଦ୍ (dhanyabaad)   

How Are You?
你好吗?   
କେମିତି ଅତ୍ଚନ୍ଥି? (kemiti achanti?)   

Good Night
晚安   
ସୁଭରାତ୍ର (shubharaatra)   

Good Evening
晚上好   
ସୁଭସନ୍ଧ୍ୟା (subha sandhya)   

Good Afternoon
下午好   
ସୁଭ ଖରା ବେଳ (shubha kharaa bela)   

Good Morning
早上好   
ସୁପ୍ରଭାତ (suprabhaata)   

Please
请   
Not Available   

Sorry
遗憾   
ମୁଁ ଦୁଃଖିତ (mū duḥkhita)   

Bye
再见   
ସୁବିଦାୟ (shubidaaya)   

I Love You
我爱你   
ମୁଁ ତୁମକୁ ଭଲ ପାଏ (mu tumoku bhala paye)   

Excuse Me
原谅我   
କ୍ଷମା କରିବେ (kyamā karibe)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Guangzhou   
Baleswari   

Where They Speak
outside mainland China   
India   

Dialect 2
Xiguan   
Ganjami   

Where They Speak
Hong Kong   
India   

Dialect 3
Hong Kong   
Kosli   

Where They Speak
Hong Kong   
India   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
520,000.00   
21

Total No. Of Dialects
3   
3
8   
8

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
60.00 million   
27
33.00 million   
34

Speaking Population
16.00 %   
2
0.50 %   
29

Native Speakers
52.00 million   
21
33.00 million   
28

Native Name
Kwang Tung Wa   
ଓଡ଼ିଆ (ōṛiyā)   

Alternative Names
Guangfu, Metropolitan Cantonese   
Odisha, Odri, Odrum, Oliya, Uriya, Utkali, Vadiya, Yudhia   

French Name
Not Available   
oriya   

German Name
Not Available   
Oriya-Sprache   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[ˈoɽia]   

Ethnicity
Not Available   
Odias   

History

Origin
17th century   
3 BC   

Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Indo-Iranian   

Branch
Not Available   
Indic   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Standard Cantonese   
Standard Odia   

Language Position
Not Available   
32   
26

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Indian Signing System   

Scope
Not Available   
Individual, Macrolanguage   

Code

ISO 639 1
No data available   
or   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
Not Available   
ori   

ISO 639 2/B
Not Available   
ori   

ISO 639 3
No data available   
ori   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
cant1236   
macr1269   

Linguasphere
No data available   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Not Available   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Object-Verb   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Not Available   

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All Cantonese and Oriya Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Cantonese and Oriya dialects. Various dialects of Cantonese and Oriya language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Cantonese are spoken in different Cantonese Speaking Countries whereas Oriya Dialects are spoken in different Oriya speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Cantonese vs Oriya Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Cantonese dialects include: Guangzhou, Xiguan. Oriya dialects include: Baleswari , Ganjami. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Cantonese and Oriya Speaking population

Cantonese and Oriya speaking population is one of the factors based on which Cantonese and Oriya languages can be compared. The total count of Cantonese and Oriya Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Cantonese language is 16.00 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Oriya language is 0.50 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Cantonese and Oriya on Cantonese vs Oriya where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Cantonese and Oriya Language Codes

Cantonese and Oriya language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Cantonese and Oriya Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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