Countries
Barbados, Belize, Botswana, Cameroon, Canada, Dominica, Fiji, Ghana, India, Ireland, Jamaica, Kenya, Malta, Mauritius, Micronesia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Samoa, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Somaliland, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda, United Kingdom, Zambia, Zimbabwe
  
India
  
National Language
Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Gibraltar, Grenada, Guam, Guyana, Jersey, Montserrat, Nauru, Singapore, Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom, United States of America
  
India
  
Second Language
India, Nigeria, Pakistan, Singapore
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, South America
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
South Africa
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Interesting Facts
- Most of the English words begin with the letter S than any other letter.
- English is third most commonly spoken language in the world.
  
- 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
Latin
  
Sanskrit Language
  
Alphabets in
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Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Bengali, Odia alphabet (Brahmic)
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Hello
  
ନମସ୍କାର (namascara)
  
Thank You
Thank you
  
ଧନ୍ୟବାଦ୍ (dhanyabaad)
  
How Are You?
How are you?
  
କେମିତି ଅତ୍ଚନ୍ଥି? (kemiti achanti?)
  
Good Night
Good Night
  
ସୁଭରାତ୍ର (shubharaatra)
  
Good Evening
Good Evening
  
ସୁଭସନ୍ଧ୍ୟା (subha sandhya)
  
Good Afternoon
Good Afternoon
  
ସୁଭ ଖରା ବେଳ (shubha kharaa bela)
  
Good Morning
Good Morning
  
ସୁପ୍ରଭାତ (suprabhaata)
  
Please
Please
  
Not Available
  
Sorry
Sorry
  
ମୁଁ ଦୁଃଖିତ (mū duḥkhita)
  
Bye
Bye
  
ସୁବିଦାୟ (shubidaaya)
  
I Love You
I love you
  
ମୁଁ ତୁମକୁ ଭଲ ପାଏ (mu tumoku bhala paye)
  
Excuse Me
Excuse Me
  
କ୍ଷମା କରିବେ (kyamā karibe)
  
Dialect 1
American English
  
Baleswari
  
Where They Speak
United States of America
  
India
  
How Many People Speak
225,000,000.00
  
3
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Hiberno-English
  
Ganjami
  
Where They Speak
Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom
  
India
  
How Many People Speak
4,500,000.00
  
15
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Welsh English
  
Kosli
  
Where They Speak
United Kingdom
  
India
  
How Many People Speak
2,500,000.00
  
14
How Many People Speak?
1,200.00 million
  
1
33.00 million
  
34
Native Speakers
400.00 million
  
3
33.00 million
  
28
Second Language Speakers
400.00 million
  
1
Not Available
  
Native Name
English
  
ଓଡ଼ିଆ (ōṛiyā)
  
Alternative Names
Not Available
  
Odisha, Odri, Odrum, Oliya, Uriya, Utkali, Vadiya, Yudhia
  
French Name
anglais
  
oriya
  
German Name
Englisch
  
Oriya-Sprache
  
Pronunciation
/ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ/
  
[ˈoɽia]
  
Ethnicity
Not Available
  
Odias
  
Origin
5th Century AD
  
3 BC
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Indo-Iranian
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Indic
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old English, Middle English, Early Modern English and English
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Standard English
  
Standard Odia
  
Signed Forms
Signed English
  
Indian Signing System
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual, Macrolanguage
  
ISO 639 1
en
  
or
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
eng
  
ori
  
ISO 639 2/B
eng
  
ori
  
ISO 639 3
eng
  
ori
  
ISO 639 6
engs
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
stan1293
  
macr1269
  
Linguasphere
52-ABA
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Fusional, Isolating, Synthetic
  
Not Available