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Oriya and Assamese


Assamese and Oriya


Countries

Countries
India   
India   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
1   
14

National Language
India   
Bangladesh, India   

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

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Asia   

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Bangladesh, Bhutan   

Regulated By
Not Available   
Asam Sahitya Sabha   

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.
  
  • Assamese was reinstated as the state language of Assam in 1873.
  • Assamese language has its own stream of origin, it is evolved in a different way from rest of the Indo-Aryan languages of India.
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Similar To
Bengali and Assamese   
Bengali and Oriya   

Derived From
Sanskrit Language   
Sanskrit Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
42   
22
52   
31

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
11   
8
11   
8

How Many Consonants
31   
21
41   
30

Scripts
Bengali, Odia alphabet (Brahmic)   
Bengali   

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
Not Available   

Greetings

Hello
ନମସ୍କାର (namascara)   
nomoskaar   

Thank You
ଧନ୍ୟବାଦ୍ (dhanyabaad)   
ḍhonyobaaḍ   

How Are You?
କେମିତି ଅତ୍ଚନ୍ଥି? (kemiti achanti?)   
aapuni kene aase?   

Good Night
ସୁଭରାତ୍ର (shubharaatra)   
subhoraattri   

Good Evening
ସୁଭସନ୍ଧ୍ୟା (subha sandhya)   
subha gadhuli   

Good Afternoon
ସୁଭ ଖରା ବେଳ (shubha kharaa bela)   
subha abeli   

Good Morning
ସୁପ୍ରଭାତ (suprabhaata)   
suprobhaat   

Please
Not Available   
anugroha kori   

Sorry
ମୁଁ ଦୁଃଖିତ (mū duḥkhita)   
moi ḍukkhita   

Bye
ସୁବିଦାୟ (shubidaaya)   
biḍai   

I Love You
ମୁଁ ତୁମକୁ ଭଲ ପାଏ (mu tumoku bhala paye)   
moi tomaak bhaalpaao   

Excuse Me
କ୍ଷମା କରିବେ (kyamā karibe)   
kyoma koribo   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Baleswari   
Kamrupi   

Where They Speak
India   
Western Assam   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
6,000,000.00   
16

Dialect 2
Ganjami   
Goalpariya   

Where They Speak
India   
Western Assam   

Dialect 3
Kosli   
Bhakatiya   

Where They Speak
India   
Assam   

How Many People Speak
520,000.00   
21
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
8   
8
3   
3

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.50 %   
29
0.24 %   
99+

Native Speakers
33.00 million   
28
15.00 million   
40

Native Name
ଓଡ଼ିଆ (ōṛiyā)   
অসমীয়া (asamīẏa)   

Alternative Names
Odisha, Odri, Odrum, Oliya, Uriya, Utkali, Vadiya, Yudhia   
Asambe, Asami, Asamiya   

French Name
oriya   
assamais   

German Name
Oriya-Sprache   
Assamesisch   

Pronunciation
[ˈoɽia]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Odias   
Assamese people   

History

Origin
3 BC   
7th century A.D   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian   
Indo-Iranian   

Branch
Indic   
Indic   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Kamarupa   

Standard Forms
Standard Odia   
Assamese   

Language Position
32   
26
65   
99+

Signed Forms
Indian Signing System   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
or   
as   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ori   
asm   

ISO 639 2/B
ori   
asm   

ISO 639 3
ori   
asm   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
macr1269   
assa1263   

Linguasphere
No data available   
59-AAF-w   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Not Available   

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All Oriya and Assamese 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 Assamese dialects. Various dialects of Oriya and Assamese language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Oriya are spoken in different Oriya Speaking Countries whereas Assamese Dialects are spoken in different Assamese speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Oriya vs Assamese Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Oriya dialects include: Baleswari, Ganjami. Assamese dialects include: Kamrupi , Goalpariya. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Oriya and Assamese Speaking population

Oriya and Assamese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Oriya and Assamese languages can be compared. The total count of Oriya and Assamese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Oriya language is 0.50 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Assamese language is 0.24 %. 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 Assamese on Oriya vs Assamese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Oriya and Assamese Language Codes

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

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