Countries
India
  
India, No official status
  
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 in
Oriya-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Bhojpuri-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Bengali, Odia alphabet (Brahmic)
  
Devanagari
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
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)
  
Dialect 1
Baleswari
  
Caribbean Hindustani
  
Where They Speak
India
  
Guyana, Jamaica, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
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
  
Dialect 3
Kosli
  
Tharu Bhojpuri
  
Where They Speak
India
  
India
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
33.00 million
  
34
40.00 million
  
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
  
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
  
Signed Forms
Indian Signing System
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage
  
Individual
  
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