Countries
Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore
  
India
  
National Language
Malaysia
  
India
  
Second Language
Indonesia
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Thailand
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka
  
Not Available
  
Interesting Facts
- One of the most politically powerful language historically is Malaysian Language.
- Malaysian earliest known inscriptions were found in South of Sumatra way back in 683-6 AD.
  
- 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
Indonesian Language
  
Bengali and Assamese
  
Derived From
Tamil Language
  
Sanskrit Language
  
Alphabets in
Malaysian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Oriya-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Bengali, Odia alphabet (Brahmic)
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Hai
  
ନମସ୍କାର (namascara)
  
Thank You
terima kasih
  
ଧନ୍ୟବାଦ୍ (dhanyabaad)
  
How Are You?
Apa khabar?
  
କେମିତି ଅତ୍ଚନ୍ଥି? (kemiti achanti?)
  
Good Night
Selamat Malam
  
ସୁଭରାତ୍ର (shubharaatra)
  
Good Evening
Selamat Petang
  
ସୁଭସନ୍ଧ୍ୟା (subha sandhya)
  
Good Afternoon
Selamat tengah hari
  
ସୁଭ ଖରା ବେଳ (shubha kharaa bela)
  
Good Morning
Selamat pagi
  
ସୁପ୍ରଭାତ (suprabhaata)
  
Please
sila
  
Not Available
  
Sorry
maaf
  
ମୁଁ ଦୁଃଖିତ (mū duḥkhita)
  
Bye
Selamat tinggal
  
ସୁବିଦାୟ (shubidaaya)
  
I Love You
Saya sayang kamu
  
ମୁଁ ତୁମକୁ ଭଲ ପାଏ (mu tumoku bhala paye)
  
Excuse Me
Maafkan saya
  
କ୍ଷମା କରିବେ (kyamā karibe)
  
Dialect 1
Bengkulu
  
Baleswari
  
Where They Speak
Bengkulu Province, Sumatra
  
India
  
How Many People Speak
1,600,000.00
  
25
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Pekal
  
Ganjami
  
Where They Speak
Indonesia
  
India
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Musi
  
Kosli
  
Where They Speak
Indonesia
  
India
  
How Many People Speak
3,100,000.00
  
11
How Many People Speak?
175.00 million
  
10
33.00 million
  
34
Native Speakers
77.00 million
  
12
33.00 million
  
28
Second Language Speakers
98.00 million
  
8
Not Available
  
Native Name
Bahasa melayu
  
ଓଡ଼ିଆ (ōṛiyā)
  
Alternative Names
Not Available
  
Odisha, Odri, Odrum, Oliya, Uriya, Utkali, Vadiya, Yudhia
  
French Name
malais
  
oriya
  
German Name
Malaiisch
  
Oriya-Sprache
  
Pronunciation
[baˈhasə malajˈsiə]
  
[ˈoɽia]
  
Ethnicity
Not Available
  
Odias
  
Origin
c. 683 AD
  
3 BC
  
Language Family
Austronesian Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Indo-Iranian
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Indic
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Ancient Malay, Old Malay, Pre-Modern MalayClassical Malay,
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Malay
  
Standard Odia
  
Signed Forms
Malaysian Sign Language
  
Indian Signing System
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual, Macrolanguage
  
ISO 639 1
ms
  
or
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
msa
  
ori
  
ISO 639 2/B
may
  
ori
  
ISO 639 3
zsm
  
ori
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
stan1306
  
macr1269
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
  
Not Available
  
Malaysian 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 Malaysian and Oriya greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Malaysian and Oriya language. Malaysian word for "Hello" is Hai or Oriya word for "Thank You" is ଧନ୍ୟବାଦ୍ (dhanyabaad). Find more of such common Malaysian Greetings and Oriya Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Malaysian vs Oriya Difficulty
The Malaysian vs Oriya difficulty level basically depends on the number of Malaysian 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 Malaysian and Oriya are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Malaysian and Oriya, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Malaysian is 36 weeks while to learn Oriya time required is 44 weeks.