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Oriya vs Chinese


Countries

Countries
China, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Taiwan  
India  

Total No. Of Countries
5  
10
1  
14

National Language
China, Taiwan  
India  

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

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia  

Minority Language
Indonesia, Malaysia  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
Chinese Language Standardization Council, National Commission on Language and Script Work, Promote Mandarin Council  
Not Available  

Interesting Facts
  • Chinese language is tonal, since meaning of a word changes according to its tone.
  • In Chinese language, there is no grammatical distinction between singular or plural, no declination of verbs according to tense, mood and aspect.
  
  • 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

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

Alphabets
26  
8
42  
22

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
24  
19
11  
8

How Many Consonants
23  
13
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
6  
5
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks  
13
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
您好 (Nín hǎo)  
ନମସ୍କାର (namascara)  

Thank You
谢谢 (Xièxiè)  
ଧନ୍ୟବାଦ୍ (dhanyabaad)  

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

Good Night
晚安 (Wǎn'ān)  
ସୁଭରାତ୍ର (shubharaatra)  

Good Evening
晚上好 (Wǎnshàng hǎo)  
ସୁଭସନ୍ଧ୍ୟା (subha sandhya)  

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

Good Morning
早安 (Zǎo ān)  
ସୁପ୍ରଭାତ (suprabhaata)  

Please
请 (Qǐng)  
Not Available  

Sorry
遗憾 (Yíhàn)  
ମୁଁ ଦୁଃଖିତ (mū duḥkhita)  

Bye
再见 (Zàijiàn)  
ସୁବିଦାୟ (shubidaaya)  

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

Excuse Me
劳驾 (Láojià)  
କ୍ଷମା କରିବେ (kyamā karibe)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Mandarin  
Baleswari  

Where They Speak
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan  
India  

How Many People Speak
960,000,000.00  
1
Not Available  

Dialect 2
Wu  
Ganjami  

Where They Speak
China, United States of America  
India  

How Many People Speak
80,000,000.00  
1
Not Available  

Dialect 3
Yue  
Kosli  

Where They Speak
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam  
India  

How Many People Speak
60,000,000.00  
2
520,000.00  
21

Total No. Of Dialects
10  
10
8  
8

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
1,051.00 million  
2
33.00 million  
34

Speaking Population
16.00 %  
2
0.50 %  
29

Native Speakers
873.00 million  
1
33.00 million  
28

Second Language Speakers
178.00 million  
3
Not Available  

Native Name
中文 (zhōngwén)  
ଓଡ଼ିଆ (ōṛiyā)  

Alternative Names
Not Available  
Odisha, Odri, Odrum, Oliya, Uriya, Utkali, Vadiya, Yudhia  

French Name
chinois  
oriya  

German Name
Chinesisch  
Oriya-Sprache  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
[ˈoɽia]  

Ethnicity
Han  
Odias  

History

Origin
1250 BC  
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 Chinese  
Standard Odia  

Language Position
1  
1
32  
26

Signed Forms
Wenfa Shouyu 文法手語 ("Grammatical Sign Language", Signed Mandarin (Taiwan))  
Indian Signing System  

Scope
Individual  
Individual, Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
zh  
or  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
zho  
ori  

ISO 639 2/B
chi  
ori  

ISO 639 3
zho  
ori  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
sini1245  
macr1269  

Linguasphere
79-AAA  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
Subject-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating  
Not Available  

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Chinese and Oriya Language History

Comparison of Chinese vs Oriya language history gives us differences between origin of Chinese and Oriya language. History of Chinese language states that this language originated in 1250 BC whereas history of Oriya language states that this language originated in 3 BC. 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 Chinese and Oriya Language History.

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Chinese 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 Chinese and Oriya greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Chinese and Oriya language. Chinese word for "Hello" is 您好 (Nín hǎo) or Oriya word for "Thank You" is ଧନ୍ୟବାଦ୍ (dhanyabaad). Find more of such common Chinese Greetings and Oriya Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Chinese vs Oriya Difficulty

The Chinese vs Oriya difficulty level basically depends on the number of Chinese 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 Chinese and Oriya are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Chinese and Oriya, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Chinese is 88 weeks while to learn Oriya time required is 44 weeks.

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