Countries
Hong Kong, Macau
  
India
  
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 in
Cantonese-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Oriya-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
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
  
  
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)
  
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
  
How Many People Speak?
60.00 million
  
27
33.00 million
  
34
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
  
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
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Indian Signing System
  
Scope
Not Available
  
Individual, Macrolanguage
  
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
  
Cantonese 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 Cantonese and Oriya greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Cantonese and Oriya language. Cantonese word for "Hello" is 您好 or Oriya word for "Thank You" is ଧନ୍ୟବାଦ୍ (dhanyabaad). Find more of such common Cantonese Greetings and Oriya Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Cantonese vs Oriya Difficulty
The Cantonese vs Oriya difficulty level basically depends on the number of Cantonese 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 Cantonese and Oriya are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Cantonese and Oriya, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Cantonese is 88 weeks while to learn Oriya time required is 44 weeks.