Countries
India
  
Algeria, Bahrain, Chad, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, Yemen
  
National Language
India
  
Algeria, Bahrain, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, United Arab Emirates, Yemen
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Africa, Asia
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Academy of the Arabic Language, Arabic Language International Council
  
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.
  
- Arabic is 5th common language in world.
- Classical Arabic is the language of Quran and also it is official language. Classical Arabic is the only way to learn Arabic language in academic way and it does not change.
  
Similar To
Bengali and Assamese
  
Amharic and Hebrew
  
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Oriya-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Arabic.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Bengali, Odia alphabet (Brahmic)
  
Arabic
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
ନମସ୍କାର (namascara)
  
مرحبا
  
Thank You
ଧନ୍ୟବାଦ୍ (dhanyabaad)
  
شكرا
  
How Are You?
କେମିତି ଅତ୍ଚନ୍ଥି? (kemiti achanti?)
  
كيف حالك؟
  
Good Night
ସୁଭରାତ୍ର (shubharaatra)
  
تصبح على خير
  
Good Evening
ସୁଭସନ୍ଧ୍ୟା (subha sandhya)
  
مساء الخير
  
Good Afternoon
ସୁଭ ଖରା ବେଳ (shubha kharaa bela)
  
مساء الخير
  
Good Morning
ସୁପ୍ରଭାତ (suprabhaata)
  
صباح الخير
  
Please
Not Available
  
من فضلك
  
Sorry
ମୁଁ ଦୁଃଖିତ (mū duḥkhita)
  
آسف
  
Bye
ସୁବିଦାୟ (shubidaaya)
  
وداعا
  
I Love You
ମୁଁ ତୁମକୁ ଭଲ ପାଏ (mu tumoku bhala paye)
  
أحبك
  
Excuse Me
କ୍ଷମା କରିବେ (kyamā karibe)
  
اعذرني
  
Dialect 1
Baleswari
  
Maghrebi
  
Where They Speak
India
  
Algeria, Libya, Maghreb, Morocco, Tunisia
  
Dialect 2
Ganjami
  
Sudanese
  
Where They Speak
India
  
Sudan
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
17,000,000.00
  
6
Dialect 3
Kosli
  
Levantine
  
Where They Speak
India
  
Cyprus, Levant
  
How Many People Speak
21,000,000.00
  
3
How Many People Speak?
33.00 million
  
34
452.00 million
  
4
Native Speakers
33.00 million
  
28
206.00 million
  
6
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
246.00 million
  
2
Native Name
ଓଡ଼ିଆ (ōṛiyā)
  
(al arabiya) العربية
  
Alternative Names
Odisha, Odri, Odrum, Oliya, Uriya, Utkali, Vadiya, Yudhia
  
Al-’Arabiyya, Al-Fusha, Literary Arabic
  
French Name
oriya
  
arabe
  
German Name
Oriya-Sprache
  
Arabisch
  
Pronunciation
[ˈoɽia]
  
/al ʕarabijja/, /ʕarabi/
  
Ethnicity
Odias
  
Arabs
  
Origin
3 BC
  
512 CE
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Afro-Asiatic Family, Semitic Family
  
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
  
Semitic
  
Branch
Indic
  
North Arabic
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Standard Odia
  
Modern Standard Arabic
  
Signed Forms
Indian Signing System
  
Signed Arabic
  
Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage
  
Macrolanguage
  
ISO 639 1
or
  
ar
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
ori
  
ara
  
ISO 639 2/B
ori
  
ara
  
ISO 639 3
ori
  
ara
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
macr1269
  
arab1395
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
12-AAC
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Fusional, Synthetic