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Oriya and Bhojpuri


Bhojpuri and Oriya


Countries

Countries
India   
India, No official status   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
0   
15

National Language
India   
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   
Fiji, Guyana, Jamaica, Mauritius, Nepal, Pakistan, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago   

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.
  
  • Bhojpuri was anciently written in Kaithi scripts.
  • In Mughal Era, Kaithi script was used in administrative purposes for writing in Bhojpuri language.
  

Similar To
Bengali and Assamese   
Maithili and Magahi   

Derived From
Sanskrit Language   
Sanskrit Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
42   
22
43   
23

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
11   
8
11   
8

How Many Consonants
31   
21
34   
24

Scripts
Bengali, Odia alphabet (Brahmic)   
Devanagari   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
4   
3

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
ନମସ୍କାର (namascara)   
प्रणाम (prannam)   

Thank You
ଧନ୍ୟବାଦ୍ (dhanyabaad)   
धन्वाद (dhanvaad)   

How Are You?
କେମିତି ଅତ୍ଚନ୍ଥି? (kemiti achanti?)   
का हाल बा? (kaa haal ba?)   

Good Night
ସୁଭରାତ୍ର (shubharaatra)   
राम राम (raam raam)   

Good Evening
ସୁଭସନ୍ଧ୍ୟା (subha sandhya)   
राम राम (raam raam)   

Good Afternoon
ସୁଭ ଖରା ବେଳ (shubha kharaa bela)   
राम राम (raam raam)   

Good Morning
ସୁପ୍ରଭାତ (suprabhaata)   
राम राम (raam raam)   

Please
Not Available   
मेहरबानी करके (meharbani karke)   

Sorry
ମୁଁ ଦୁଃଖିତ (mū duḥkhita)   
माफ़ करीं (maaf karin)   

Bye
ସୁବିଦାୟ (shubidaaya)   
प्रणाम (prannam)   

I Love You
ମୁଁ ତୁମକୁ ଭଲ ପାଏ (mu tumoku bhala paye)   
हम तोहसे प्यार करेनी (hum tohse pyaar kareni)   

Excuse Me
କ୍ଷମା କରିବେ (kyamā karibe)   
माफ़ करीं (maaf karin)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Baleswari   
Caribbean Hindustani   

Where They Speak
India   
Guyana, Jamaica, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
16,000.00   
99+

Dialect 2
Ganjami   
Fiji Hindi   

Where They Speak
India   
Australia, Canada, New Zealand, United Kingdom, United States of America   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
380,000.00   
31

Dialect 3
Kosli   
Tharu Bhojpuri   

Where They Speak
India   
India   

How Many People Speak
520,000.00   
21
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
8   
8
13   
13

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
33.00 million   
34
40.00 million   
31

Speaking Population
0.50 %   
29
0.43 %   
31

Native Speakers
33.00 million   
28
40.00 million   
24

Native Name
ଓଡ଼ିଆ (ōṛiyā)   
भोजपुरी (bʰojpurī)   

Alternative Names
Odisha, Odri, Odrum, Oliya, Uriya, Utkali, Vadiya, Yudhia   
Bajpuri, Bhojapuri, Bhozpuri, Bihari, Deswali, Khotla, Piscimas   

French Name
oriya   
bhojpuri   

German Name
Oriya-Sprache   
Bhojpuri   

Pronunciation
[ˈoɽia]   
/boʊdʒˈpʊəri/   

Ethnicity
Odias   
Not Available   

History

Origin
3 BC   
19th Century   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian   
Not Available   

Branch
Indic   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Standard Odia   
Bhojpuri   

Language Position
32   
26
37   
29

Signed Forms
Indian Signing System   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
or   
No data Available   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ori   
bho   

ISO 639 2/B
ori   
bho   

ISO 639 3
ori   
bho   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
macr1269   
bhoj1246   

Linguasphere
No data available   
59-AAF-sa   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Not Available   

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

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Oriya and Bhojpuri Speaking population

Oriya and Bhojpuri speaking population is one of the factors based on which Oriya and Bhojpuri languages can be compared. The total count of Oriya and Bhojpuri Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Oriya language is 0.50 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Bhojpuri language is 0.43 %. 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 Bhojpuri on Oriya vs Bhojpuri where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Oriya and Bhojpuri Language Codes

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

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