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Japanese vs Oriya


Oriya vs Japanese


Countries

Countries
Japan   
India   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
1   
14

National Language
Japan   
India   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Asia, Pacific   
Asia   

Minority Language
Palau   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Regulated By
Agency for Cultural Affairs (文化庁) at the Ministry of Education   
Not Available   

Interesting Facts
  • In Japanese Language, there are 4 different ways to address people: kun, chan, san and sama.
  • There are many words in Japanese language which end with vowel letter, which determines the structure and rhythm of Japanese.
  
  • 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
Korean Language   
Bengali and Assamese   

Derived From
Not Available   
Sanskrit Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
99   
40
42   
22

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
11   
8

How Many Consonants
14   
4
31   
21

Scripts
Kana   
Bengali, Odia alphabet (Brahmic)   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5   
4
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks   
13
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
こんにちは (Kon'nichiwa)   
ନମସ୍କାର (namascara)   

Thank You
ありがとう (Arigatō)   
ଧନ୍ୟବାଦ୍ (dhanyabaad)   

How Are You?
お元気ですか (O genki desu ka?)   
କେମିତି ଅତ୍ଚନ୍ଥି? (kemiti achanti?)   

Good Night
おやすみなさい (Oyasuminasai)   
ସୁଭରାତ୍ର (shubharaatra)   

Good Evening
こんばんは (Konbanwa)   
ସୁଭସନ୍ଧ୍ୟା (subha sandhya)   

Good Afternoon
こんにちは (Konnichiwa!)   
ସୁଭ ଖରା ବେଳ (shubha kharaa bela)   

Good Morning
おはよう (Ohayō)   
ସୁପ୍ରଭାତ (suprabhaata)   

Please
お願いします (Onegaishimasu)   
Not Available   

Sorry
ごめんなさい (Gomen'nasai)   
ମୁଁ ଦୁଃଖିତ (mū duḥkhita)   

Bye
さようなら (Sayōnara)   
ସୁବିଦାୟ (shubidaaya)   

I Love You
愛しています (Aishiteimasu)   
ମୁଁ ତୁମକୁ ଭଲ ପାଏ (mu tumoku bhala paye)   

Excuse Me
すみません (Sumimasen)   
କ୍ଷମା କରିବେ (kyamā karibe)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Sanuki   
Baleswari   

Where They Speak
Kagawa   
India   

How Many People Speak
1,000,000.00   
28
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Hakata   
Ganjami   

Where They Speak
Fukuoka   
India   

Dialect 3
Kansai   
Kosli   

Where They Speak
kansai   
India   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
520,000.00   
21

Total No. Of Dialects
31   
25
8   
8

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
128.00 million   
14
33.00 million   
34

Speaking Population
1.90 %   
10
0.50 %   
29

Native Speakers
128.00 million   
9
33.00 million   
28

Native Name
日本語   
ଓଡ଼ିଆ (ōṛiyā)   

Alternative Names
Not Available   
Odisha, Odri, Odrum, Oliya, Uriya, Utkali, Vadiya, Yudhia   

French Name
japonais   
oriya   

German Name
Japanisch   
Oriya-Sprache   

Pronunciation
/nihoɴɡo/: [nihõŋɡo], [nihõŋŋo]   
[ˈoɽia]   

Ethnicity
Japanese (Yamato)   
Odias   

History

Origin
1185   
3 BC   

Language Family
Japonic Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Indo-Iranian   

Branch
Not Available   
Indic   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Japanese, Early Middle Japanese, Late Middle Japanese and Early Modern Japanese   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Japanese   
Standard Odia   

Language Position
8   
8
32   
26

Signed Forms
Signed Japanese   
Indian Signing System   

Scope
Individual   
Individual, Macrolanguage   

Code

ISO 639 1
ja   
or   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
jpn   
ori   

ISO 639 2/B
jpn   
ori   

ISO 639 3
jpn   
ori   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
nucl1643   
macr1269   

Linguasphere
45-CAA-a   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic   
Not Available   

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Japanese and Oriya Language History

Comparison of Japanese vs Oriya language history gives us differences between origin of Japanese and Oriya language. History of Japanese language states that this language originated in 1185 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 Japanese and Oriya Language History.

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

Japanese vs Oriya Difficulty

The Japanese vs Oriya difficulty level basically depends on the number of Japanese 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 Japanese and Oriya are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Japanese and Oriya, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Japanese is 88 weeks while to learn Oriya time required is 44 weeks.

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