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Oriya and Chinese


Chinese and Oriya


Countries

Countries
India   
China, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Taiwan   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
5   
10

National Language
India   
China, Taiwan   

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

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Asia   

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Indonesia, Malaysia   

Regulated By
Not Available   
Chinese Language Standardization Council, National Commission on Language and Script Work, Promote Mandarin Council   

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.
  
  • Chinese language is tonal, since meaning of a word changes according to its tone.
  • In Chinese language, there is no grammatical distinction between singular or plural, no declination of verbs according to tense, mood and aspect.
  

Similar To
Bengali and Assamese   
Not Available   

Derived From
Sanskrit Language   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
42   
22
26   
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
11   
8
24   
19

How Many Consonants
31   
21
23   
13

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
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
88 weeks   
13

Greetings

Hello
ନମସ୍କାର (namascara)   
您好 (Nín hǎo)   

Thank You
ଧନ୍ୟବାଦ୍ (dhanyabaad)   
谢谢 (Xièxiè)   

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

Good Night
ସୁଭରାତ୍ର (shubharaatra)   
晚安 (Wǎn'ān)   

Good Evening
ସୁଭସନ୍ଧ୍ୟା (subha sandhya)   
晚上好 (Wǎnshàng hǎo)   

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

Good Morning
ସୁପ୍ରଭାତ (suprabhaata)   
早安 (Zǎo ān)   

Please
Not Available   
请 (Qǐng)   

Sorry
ମୁଁ ଦୁଃଖିତ (mū duḥkhita)   
遗憾 (Yíhàn)   

Bye
ସୁବିଦାୟ (shubidaaya)   
再见 (Zàijiàn)   

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

Excuse Me
କ୍ଷମା କରିବେ (kyamā karibe)   
劳驾 (Láojià)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Baleswari   
Mandarin   

Where They Speak
India   
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
960,000,000.00   
1

Dialect 2
Ganjami   
Wu   

Where They Speak
India   
China, United States of America   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
80,000,000.00   
1

Dialect 3
Kosli   
Yue   

Where They Speak
India   
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam   

How Many People Speak
520,000.00   
21
60,000,000.00   
2

Total No. Of Dialects
8   
8
10   
10

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
33.00 million   
34
1,051.00 million   
2

Speaking Population
0.50 %   
29
16.00 %   
2

Native Speakers
33.00 million   
28
873.00 million   
1

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
178.00 million   
3

Native Name
ଓଡ଼ିଆ (ōṛiyā)   
中文 (zhōngwén)   

Alternative Names
Odisha, Odri, Odrum, Oliya, Uriya, Utkali, Vadiya, Yudhia   
Not Available   

French Name
oriya   
chinois   

German Name
Oriya-Sprache   
Chinesisch   

Pronunciation
[ˈoɽia]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Odias   
Han   

History

Origin
3 BC   
1250 BC   

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 Chinese   

Language Position
32   
26
1   
1

Signed Forms
Indian Signing System   
Wenfa Shouyu 文法手語 ("Grammatical Sign Language", Signed Mandarin (Taiwan))   

Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
or   
zh   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ori   
zho   

ISO 639 2/B
ori   
chi   

ISO 639 3
ori   
zho   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
macr1269   
sini1245   

Linguasphere
No data available   
79-AAA   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Analytic, Isolating   

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

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Oriya and Chinese Speaking population

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

Oriya and Chinese Language Codes

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

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