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German vs Oriya


Oriya vs German


Countries

Countries
Austria, Belgium, Germany, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Switzerland   
India   

Total No. Of Countries
7   
8
1   
14

National Language
Germany   
India   

Second Language
North Dakota, United States of America   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Europe   
Asia   

Minority Language
Czech Republic, Denmark, Former Soviet Union, France, Hungary, Italy, Namibia, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Regulated By
Council for German Orthography   
Not Available   

Interesting Facts
  • One of the large group of Indo-Germanic languages is German.
  • The second most popular Germanic language spoken today behind English is German language.
  
  • 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
Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish and English Languages   
Bengali and Assamese   

Derived From
Albanian Languages   
Sanskrit Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26   
8
42   
22

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
10   
7
11   
8

How Many Consonants
9   
1
31   
21

Scripts
Latin   
Bengali, Odia alphabet (Brahmic)   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks   
9
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
hallo   
ନମସ୍କାର (namascara)   

Thank You
Danke   
ଧନ୍ୟବାଦ୍ (dhanyabaad)   

How Are You?
Wie geht es dir?   
କେମିତି ଅତ୍ଚନ୍ଥି? (kemiti achanti?)   

Good Night
gute Nacht   
ସୁଭରାତ୍ର (shubharaatra)   

Good Evening
guten Abend   
ସୁଭସନ୍ଧ୍ୟା (subha sandhya)   

Good Afternoon
guten Tag   
ସୁଭ ଖରା ବେଳ (shubha kharaa bela)   

Good Morning
guten Morgen   
ସୁପ୍ରଭାତ (suprabhaata)   

Please
bitte   
Not Available   

Sorry
Verzeihung   
ମୁଁ ଦୁଃଖିତ (mū duḥkhita)   

Bye
Tschüs   
ସୁବିଦାୟ (shubidaaya)   

I Love You
Ich liebe dich   
ମୁଁ ତୁମକୁ ଭଲ ପାଏ (mu tumoku bhala paye)   

Excuse Me
Entschuldigung   
କ୍ଷମା କରିବେ (kyamā karibe)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Swiss German   
Baleswari   

Where They Speak
Switzerland   
India   

How Many People Speak
4,500,000.00   
18
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Swabian German   
Ganjami   

Where They Speak
Germany   
India   

How Many People Speak
820,000.00   
26
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Texas German   
Kosli   

Where They Speak
Texas   
India   

How Many People Speak
6,000.00   
35
520,000.00   
21

Total No. Of Dialects
28   
23
8   
8

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
229.00 million   
8
33.00 million   
34

Speaking Population
1.39 %   
12
0.50 %   
29

Native Speakers
101.00 million   
10
33.00 million   
28

Second Language Speakers
128.00 million   
5
Not Available   

Native Name
Deutsch   
ଓଡ଼ିଆ (ōṛiyā)   

Alternative Names
Deutsch, Tedesco   
Odisha, Odri, Odrum, Oliya, Uriya, Utkali, Vadiya, Yudhia   

French Name
allemand   
oriya   

German Name
Deutsch   
Oriya-Sprache   

Pronunciation
[ˈdɔʏtʃ]   
[ˈoɽia]   

Ethnicity
Germans   
Odias   

History

Origin
6th Century AD   
3 BC   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Germanic   
Indo-Iranian   

Branch
Western   
Indic   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
German Standard German, Swiss Standard German and Austrian Standard German   
Standard Odia   

Language Position
9   
9
32   
26

Signed Forms
Signed German   
Indian Signing System   

Scope
Individual   
Individual, Macrolanguage   

Code

ISO 639 1
de   
or   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
deu   
ori   

ISO 639 2/B
ger   
ori   

ISO 639 3
deu   
ori   

ISO 639 6
deus   
Not Available   

Glottocode
high1287, uppe1397   
macr1269   

Linguasphere
52-ACB–dl & -dm   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic   
Not Available   

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German and Oriya Language History

Comparison of German vs Oriya language history gives us differences between origin of German and Oriya language. History of German language states that this language originated in 6th Century AD 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 German and Oriya Language History.

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

German vs Oriya Difficulty

The German vs Oriya difficulty level basically depends on the number of German 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 German and Oriya are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in German and Oriya, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn German is 30 weeks while to learn Oriya time required is 44 weeks.

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