Countries
Japan
  
India
  
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 in
Japanese-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Oriya-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Kana
  
Bengali, Odia alphabet (Brahmic)
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
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)
  
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
  
How Many People Speak?
128.00 million
  
14
33.00 million
  
34
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
  
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
  
Signed Forms
Signed Japanese
  
Indian Signing System
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual, Macrolanguage
  
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
  
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.