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Oriya and Amharic


Amharic and Oriya


Countries

Countries
India   
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
1   
14

National Language
India   
Ethiopia   

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

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Africa   

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

Regulated By
Not Available   
Not Available   

Interesting Facts
  • 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.
  
  • Amharic ranks as second most spoken Semitic language in the world.
  • Amharic has its own writing system named “fidel” and it uses Amharic alphabets to write.
  

Similar To
Bengali and Assamese   
Not Available   

Derived From
Sanskrit Language   
Not Available   

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Oriya-Alphabets.jpg#200   
Amharic-1.jpg#200   

Alphabets
42   
22
33   
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
11   
8
7   
4

How Many Consonants
31   
21
31   
21

Scripts
Bengali, Odia alphabet (Brahmic)   
Ethiopic   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
ନମସ୍କାର (namascara)   
Selam   

Thank You
ଧନ୍ୟବାଦ୍ (dhanyabaad)   
amesege'nallo'   

How Are You?
କେମିତି ଅତ୍ଚନ୍ଥି? (kemiti achanti?)   
Dehina newot?   

Good Night
ସୁଭରାତ୍ର (shubharaatra)   
Dehna dur   

Good Evening
ସୁଭସନ୍ଧ୍ୟା (subha sandhya)   
melkam meshe't   

Good Afternoon
ସୁଭ ଖରା ବେଳ (shubha kharaa bela)   
i'ndemin walu   

Good Morning
ସୁପ୍ରଭାତ (suprabhaata)   
i'ndemin adäru   

Please
Not Available   
i'bakwon   

Sorry
ମୁଁ ଦୁଃଖିତ (mū duḥkhita)   
aznallehu   

Bye
ସୁବିଦାୟ (shubidaaya)   
tschao   

I Love You
ମୁଁ ତୁମକୁ ଭଲ ପାଏ (mu tumoku bhala paye)   
afekirishalehu   

Excuse Me
କ୍ଷମା କରିବେ (kyamā karibe)   
yiqirta   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Baleswari   
Gondar   

Where They Speak
India   
Gondar   

Dialect 2
Ganjami   
Gojjami   

Where They Speak
India   
Ethiopia   

Dialect 3
Kosli   
Showa   

Where They Speak
India   
Ethiopia   

How Many People Speak
520,000.00   
21
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
8   
8
5   
5

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
33.00 million   
34
18.70 million   
99+

Speaking Population
0.50 %   
29
0.37 %   
35

Native Speakers
33.00 million   
28
25.00 million   
32

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
10.00 million   
23

Native Name
ଓଡ଼ିଆ (ōṛiyā)   
Not Available   

Alternative Names
Odisha, Odri, Odrum, Oliya, Uriya, Utkali, Vadiya, Yudhia   
Abyssinian, Amarigna, Amarinya, Amhara, Ethiopian   

French Name
oriya   
amharique   

German Name
Oriya-Sprache   
Amharisch   

Pronunciation
[ˈoɽia]   
[amarɨɲɲa]   

Ethnicity
Odias   
Amharas   

History

Origin
3 BC   
13th century   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Afro-Asiatic Family   

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian   
Semitic   

Branch
Indic   
Ethiopic   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Ge'ez   

Standard Forms
Standard Odia   
Amharic   

Language Position
32   
26
55   
40

Signed Forms
Indian Signing System   
Signed Amharic   

Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
or   
am   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ori   
amh   

ISO 639 2/B
ori   
amh   

ISO 639 3
ori   
amh   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
macr1269   
amha1245   

Linguasphere
No data available   
12-ACB-a   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Fusional   

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All Oriya and Amharic Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Oriya and Amharic dialects. Various dialects of Oriya and Amharic language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Oriya are spoken in different Oriya Speaking Countries whereas Amharic Dialects are spoken in different Amharic speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Oriya vs Amharic Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Oriya dialects include: Baleswari, Ganjami. Amharic dialects include: Gondar , Gojjami. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Oriya and Amharic Speaking population

Oriya and Amharic speaking population is one of the factors based on which Oriya and Amharic languages can be compared. The total count of Oriya and Amharic Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Oriya language is 0.50 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Amharic language is 0.37 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Oriya and Amharic on Oriya vs Amharic where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Oriya and Amharic Language Codes

Oriya and Amharic language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Oriya and Amharic Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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