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Oriya and Cantonese


Cantonese and Oriya


Countries

Countries
India   
Hong Kong, Macau   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
2   
13

National Language
India   
China, Guangdong   

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   
Hawaii   

Regulated By
Not Available   
Civil Service Bureau, Government of Hong Kong, Official Language Division   

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.
  
  • Cantonese have lot of slangs, many of them include words that do not make sense at all and some also have English in them.
  • Even though Cantonese and Mandarin are dialects of Chinese, Cantonese has 8 tones instead of Mandarin's 4.
  

Similar To
Bengali and Assamese   
Chinese Language   

Derived From
Sanskrit Language   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
42   
22
28   
10

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
11   
8
8   
5

How Many Consonants
31   
21
20   
10

Scripts
Bengali, Odia alphabet (Brahmic)   
Chinese Characters and derivatives   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
10   
8

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
88 weeks   
13

Greetings

Hello
ନମସ୍କାର (namascara)   
您好   

Thank You
ଧନ୍ୟବାଦ୍ (dhanyabaad)   
谢谢   

How Are You?
କେମିତି ଅତ୍ଚନ୍ଥି? (kemiti achanti?)   
你好吗?   

Good Night
ସୁଭରାତ୍ର (shubharaatra)   
晚安   

Good Evening
ସୁଭସନ୍ଧ୍ୟା (subha sandhya)   
晚上好   

Good Afternoon
ସୁଭ ଖରା ବେଳ (shubha kharaa bela)   
下午好   

Good Morning
ସୁପ୍ରଭାତ (suprabhaata)   
早上好   

Please
Not Available   
请   

Sorry
ମୁଁ ଦୁଃଖିତ (mū duḥkhita)   
遗憾   

Bye
ସୁବିଦାୟ (shubidaaya)   
再见   

I Love You
ମୁଁ ତୁମକୁ ଭଲ ପାଏ (mu tumoku bhala paye)   
我爱你   

Excuse Me
କ୍ଷମା କରିବେ (kyamā karibe)   
原谅我   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Baleswari   
Guangzhou   

Where They Speak
India   
outside mainland China   

Dialect 2
Ganjami   
Xiguan   

Where They Speak
India   
Hong Kong   

Dialect 3
Kosli   
Hong Kong   

Where They Speak
India   
Hong Kong   

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
60.00 million   
27

Speaking Population
0.50 %   
29
16.00 %   
2

Native Speakers
33.00 million   
28
52.00 million   
21

Native Name
ଓଡ଼ିଆ (ōṛiyā)   
Kwang Tung Wa   

Alternative Names
Odisha, Odri, Odrum, Oliya, Uriya, Utkali, Vadiya, Yudhia   
Guangfu, Metropolitan Cantonese   

French Name
oriya   
Not Available   

German Name
Oriya-Sprache   
Not Available   

Pronunciation
[ˈoɽia]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Odias   
Not Available   

History

Origin
3 BC   
17th century   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Sino-Tibetan Family   

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian   
Not Available   

Branch
Indic   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Standard Odia   
Standard Cantonese   

Language Position
32   
26
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Indian Signing System   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage   
Not Available   

Code

ISO 639 1
or   
No data available   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ori   
Not Available   

ISO 639 2/B
ori   
Not Available   

ISO 639 3
ori   
No data available   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
macr1269   
cant1236   

Linguasphere
No data available   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Not Available   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Not Available   

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

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Oriya and Cantonese Speaking population

Oriya and Cantonese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Oriya and Cantonese languages can be compared. The total count of Oriya and Cantonese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Oriya language is 0.50 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Cantonese language is 16.00 %. 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 Cantonese on Oriya vs Cantonese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Oriya and Cantonese Language Codes

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

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