Countries
Fiji, India
  
India
  
National Language
India
  
India
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia, Oceania
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Central Hindi Directorate
  
Not Available
  
Interesting Facts
- In Hindi language, nouns are followed by post positions.
- In Hindi, there are many familiar words in English which are in Hindi or of Hindi origin.
  
- 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
Urdu
  
Bengali and Assamese
  
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
  
Sanskrit Language
  
Alphabets in
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Oriya-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Devanagari
  
Bengali, Odia alphabet (Brahmic)
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
नमस्ते (Namastē)
  
ନମସ୍କାର (namascara)
  
Thank You
धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda)
  
ଧନ୍ୟବାଦ୍ (dhanyabaad)
  
How Are You?
तुम कैसे हो? (Tuma kaisē hō?)
  
କେମିତି ଅତ୍ଚନ୍ଥି? (kemiti achanti?)
  
Good Night
शुभरात्रि (Śubharātri)
  
ସୁଭରାତ୍ର (shubharaatra)
  
Good Evening
शुभ सन्ध्या (shubh sandhya)
  
ସୁଭସନ୍ଧ୍ୟା (subha sandhya)
  
Good Afternoon
दोपहर के बाद नमस्कार (dopahar ke bad namaskar)
  
ସୁଭ ଖରା ବେଳ (shubha kharaa bela)
  
Good Morning
सुप्रभात (Suprabhāta)
  
ସୁପ୍ରଭାତ (suprabhaata)
  
Please
कृपया (Kr̥payā)
  
Not Available
  
Sorry
खेद (Khēda)
  
ମୁଁ ଦୁଃଖିତ (mū duḥkhita)
  
Bye
अलविदा (Alavidā)
  
ସୁବିଦାୟ (shubidaaya)
  
I Love You
मैं आपसे प्यार करता (Maiṁ āpasē pyāra karatā)
  
ମୁଁ ତୁମକୁ ଭଲ ପାଏ (mu tumoku bhala paye)
  
Excuse Me
मुझे माफ करें (Mujhē māpha karēṁ)
  
କ୍ଷମା କରିବେ (kyamā karibe)
  
Dialect 1
Khariboli
  
Baleswari
  
Where They Speak
Delhi, Haryana, Western Uttar Pradesh
  
India
  
How Many People Speak
240,000,000.00
  
2
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Marwari
  
Ganjami
  
Where They Speak
Gujarat, Haryana, Rajasthan, Sindh
  
India
  
How Many People Speak
22,000,000.00
  
3
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Bundeli
  
Kosli
  
Where They Speak
Bundelkhand
  
India
  
How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00
  
4
How Many People Speak?
380.00 million
  
5
33.00 million
  
34
Native Speakers
260.00 million
  
4
33.00 million
  
28
Second Language Speakers
120.00 million
  
6
Not Available
  
Native Name
हिन्दी
  
ଓଡ଼ିଆ (ōṛiyā)
  
Alternative Names
Khadi Boli, Khari Boli
  
Odisha, Odri, Odrum, Oliya, Uriya, Utkali, Vadiya, Yudhia
  
French Name
hindi
  
oriya
  
German Name
Hindi
  
Oriya-Sprache
  
Pronunciation
[ˈmaːnək ˈɦin̪d̪iː]
  
[ˈoɽia]
  
Ethnicity
Hindustani people
  
Odias
  
Origin
7th Century
  
3 BC
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
  
Indo-Iranian
  
Branch
Indic
  
Indic
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Standard Hindi
  
Standard Odia
  
Signed Forms
Indian Signing System
  
Indian Signing System
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual, Macrolanguage
  
ISO 639 1
hi
  
or
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
hin
  
ori
  
ISO 639 2/B
hin
  
ori
  
ISO 639 3
hin
  
ori
  
ISO 639 6
hins
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
hind1269
  
macr1269
  
Linguasphere
59-AAF-qf
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
  
Not Available