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
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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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Scripts
Latin
Bengali, Odia alphabet (Brahmic)
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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
Not Available
Dialect 2
Hiberno-English
Ganjami
Where They Speak
Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom
India
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Welsh English
Kosli
Where They Speak
United Kingdom
India
Second Language Speakers
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
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 6
engs
Not Available
Glottocode
stan1293
macr1269
Linguasphere
52-ABA
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Fusional, Isolating, Synthetic
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English 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 English and Oriya greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in English and Oriya language. English word for "Hello" is Hello or Oriya word for "Thank You" is ଧନ୍ୟବାଦ୍ (dhanyabaad). Find more of such common English Greetings and Oriya Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
English vs Oriya Difficulty
The English vs Oriya difficulty level basically depends on the number of English 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 English and Oriya are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in English and Oriya, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn English is 6 weeks while to learn Oriya time required is 44 weeks.