Countries
India
  
Myanmar
  
National Language
India
  
Myanmar
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Bangladesh, Burma
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Mon
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Myanmar Language Commission
  
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.
  
- The naming of people in Burmese is strange. There is no last name, often name is rhymed such as Ming Ming, Mo Mo or Jo Jo.
- It appears as odd language to many people because it has peculiar pitch register, tonal form as language.
  
Similar To
Bengali and Assamese
  
Thai Language
  
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
  
Pali Language
  
Alphabets in
Oriya-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Burmese-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Bengali, Odia alphabet (Brahmic)
  
Tangut
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
ନମସ୍କାର (namascara)
  
မင်္ဂလာပါ (maingalarpar)
  
Thank You
ଧନ୍ୟବାଦ୍ (dhanyabaad)
  
ကျေးဇူးတင်ပါသည် (kyaayyjuutainparsai)
  
How Are You?
କେମିତି ଅତ୍ଚନ୍ଥି? (kemiti achanti?)
  
နေကောင်းလား? (naykaungglarr?)
  
Good Night
ସୁଭରାତ୍ର (shubharaatra)
  
ကောင်းသောညပါ (kaunggsawnyapar)
  
Good Evening
ସୁଭସନ୍ଧ୍ୟା (subha sandhya)
  
မင်္ဂလာညနေခင်းပါ (main g lar nyanayhkainn par)
  
Good Afternoon
ସୁଭ ଖରା ବେଳ (shubha kharaa bela)
  
မင်္ဂလာနေ့လည်ခင်းပါ (main g lar naelaihkainn par)
  
Good Morning
ସୁପ୍ରଭାତ (suprabhaata)
  
မင်္ဂလာနံနက်ခင်းပါ (main g lar nannaathkainnpar)
  
Please
Not Available
  
ကျေးဇူးပြု (kyaayyjuupyu)
  
Sorry
ମୁଁ ଦୁଃଖିତ (mū duḥkhita)
  
တောင်းပန်ပါတယ် (taunggpaanpartaal)
  
Bye
ସୁବିଦାୟ (shubidaaya)
  
နုတ်ဆက်ပါတယ် (notesaatpartaal)
  
I Love You
ମୁଁ ତୁମକୁ ଭଲ ପାଏ (mu tumoku bhala paye)
  
မင်းကိုချစ်တယ် (mainnkohkyittaal)
  
Excuse Me
କ୍ଷମା କରିବେ (kyamā karibe)
  
ဆင်ခြေဆင်လက် ငါ့ကိုအ (Sainhkyaysainlaat ngarko a)
  
Dialect 1
Baleswari
  
Arakanese
  
Where They Speak
India
  
Bangladesh, India, Myanmar
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
2,000,000.00
  
24
Dialect 2
Ganjami
  
Tavoyan
  
Where They Speak
India
  
Myanmar
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Kosli
  
Intha
  
Where They Speak
India
  
Burma
  
How Many People Speak?
33.00 million
  
34
43.00 million
  
30
Native Speakers
33.00 million
  
28
33.00 million
  
28
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
10.00 million
  
23
Native Name
ଓଡ଼ିଆ (ōṛiyā)
  
ဗမာစကား (bama saka)
  
Alternative Names
Odisha, Odri, Odrum, Oliya, Uriya, Utkali, Vadiya, Yudhia
  
Bama, Bamachaka, Myanmar, Myen, myanma bhasa
  
French Name
oriya
  
birman
  
German Name
Oriya-Sprache
  
Birmanisch
  
Pronunciation
[ˈoɽia]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Odias
  
Bamar people
  
Origin
3 BC
  
1113 AD
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Sino-Tibetan Family
  
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
  
Tibeto-Burman
  
Branch
Indic
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Old Burmese, Middle Burmese, Burmese
  
Standard Forms
Standard Odia
  
Modern Burmese
  
Signed Forms
Indian Signing System
  
Burmese sign language
  
Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
or
  
my
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
ori
  
mya
  
ISO 639 2/B
ori
  
bur
  
ISO 639 3
ori
  
mya
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
macr1269
  
sout3159
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Analytic, Isolating