Countries
Nigeria
  
India
  
National Language
Gambia, Nigeria
  
India
  
Second Language
Nigeria
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Africa
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Benin, Cameroon, Cote d'Ivoire, Ghana, Niger, Sudan, Togo
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Interesting Facts
- Hausa language is the most important and the best known of the Chadic branch.
- There are about one-fourth of Hausa words come from Arabic.
  
- 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 in
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Oriya-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Bengali, Odia alphabet (Brahmic)
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
sannu
  
ନମସ୍କାର (namascara)
  
Thank You
gode ku
  
ଧନ୍ୟବାଦ୍ (dhanyabaad)
  
How Are You?
yaya dai
  
କେମିତି ଅତ୍ଚନ୍ଥି? (kemiti achanti?)
  
Good Night
mai kyau dare
  
ସୁଭରାତ୍ର (shubharaatra)
  
Good Evening
barka da yamma
  
ସୁଭସନ୍ଧ୍ୟା (subha sandhya)
  
Good Afternoon
barka da rana
  
ସୁଭ ଖରା ବେଳ (shubha kharaa bela)
  
Good Morning
mai kyau safe
  
ସୁପ୍ରଭାତ (suprabhaata)
  
Please
Don Allah
  
Not Available
  
Sorry
yi hakuri
  
ମୁଁ ଦୁଃଖିତ (mū duḥkhita)
  
Bye
sai anjima
  
ସୁବିଦାୟ (shubidaaya)
  
I Love You
Ina son ku
  
ମୁଁ ତୁମକୁ ଭଲ ପାଏ (mu tumoku bhala paye)
  
Excuse Me
gafara dai
  
କ୍ଷମା କରିବେ (kyamā karibe)
  
Dialect 1
Gaananci
  
Baleswari
  
Where They Speak
Ghana
  
India
  
Dialect 2
Kurhwayanci
  
Ganjami
  
Where They Speak
Niger
  
India
  
Dialect 3
Daragaram
  
Kosli
  
Where They Speak
Niger
  
India
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
50.00 million
  
28
33.00 million
  
34
Native Speakers
35.00 million
  
27
33.00 million
  
28
Second Language Speakers
15.00 million
  
18
Not Available
  
Native Name
حَوْسَ (ḥawsa)
  
ଓଡ଼ିଆ (ōṛiyā)
  
Alternative Names
Abakwariga, Habe, Haoussa, Hausawa, Kado, Mgbakpa
  
Odisha, Odri, Odrum, Oliya, Uriya, Utkali, Vadiya, Yudhia
  
French Name
haoussa
  
oriya
  
German Name
Haussa-Sprache
  
Oriya-Sprache
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[ˈoɽia]
  
Ethnicity
Hausa–Fulani people
  
Odias
  
Origin
14
  
3 BC
  
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Chadic
  
Indo-Iranian
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Indic
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Hausa
  
Standard Odia
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Indian Signing System
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual, Macrolanguage
  
ISO 639 1
ha
  
or
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
hau
  
ori
  
ISO 639 2/B
hau
  
ori
  
ISO 639 3
hau
  
ori
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
haus1257
  
macr1269
  
Linguasphere
19-HAA-b
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
  
Not Available
  
Hausa 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 Hausa and Oriya greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Hausa and Oriya language. Hausa word for "Hello" is sannu or Oriya word for "Thank You" is ଧନ୍ୟବାଦ୍ (dhanyabaad). Find more of such common Hausa Greetings and Oriya Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Hausa vs Oriya Difficulty
The Hausa vs Oriya difficulty level basically depends on the number of Hausa 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 Hausa and Oriya are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Hausa and Oriya, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Hausa is 44 weeks while to learn Oriya time required is 44 weeks.