Countries
India
  
Denmark, European Union, Faroe Islands, Greenland, Nordic Council
  
National Language
India
  
Denmark, Faroe Islands, Germany, Greenland
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Europe, North America, South America
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Germany, Greenland, Norway, Sweden, United States of America
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Dansk Sprognævn (Danish Language Committee)
  
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.
  
- Danish, Norwegian and Swedish are mutually intelligible, that means if u learn Danish is almost like learning three languages in one.
- There are 9 vowels in Danish language, which can be pronounced in 16 different ways.
  
Similar To
Bengali and Assamese
  
Norwegian and Swedish
  
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
  
Old Norse Language
  
Alphabets in
Oriya-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Danish-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Bengali, Odia alphabet (Brahmic)
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
ନମସ୍କାର (namascara)
  
Hallo
  
Thank You
ଧନ୍ୟବାଦ୍ (dhanyabaad)
  
Mange tak
  
How Are You?
କେମିତି ଅତ୍ଚନ୍ଥି? (kemiti achanti?)
  
Hvordan har du det?
  
Good Night
ସୁଭରାତ୍ର (shubharaatra)
  
God nat
  
Good Evening
ସୁଭସନ୍ଧ୍ୟା (subha sandhya)
  
God aften
  
Good Afternoon
ସୁଭ ଖରା ବେଳ (shubha kharaa bela)
  
God eftermiddag
  
Good Morning
ସୁପ୍ରଭାତ (suprabhaata)
  
God morgen
  
Please
Not Available
  
Please
  
Sorry
ମୁଁ ଦୁଃଖିତ (mū duḥkhita)
  
Undskyld!
  
Bye
ସୁବିଦାୟ (shubidaaya)
  
Farvel
  
I Love You
ମୁଁ ତୁମକୁ ଭଲ ପାଏ (mu tumoku bhala paye)
  
Jeg elsker dig
  
Excuse Me
କ୍ଷମା କରିବେ (kyamā karibe)
  
Undskyld mig
  
Dialect 1
Baleswari
  
Scanian
  
Where They Speak
India
  
Sweden
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Ganjami
  
Jutlandic
  
Where They Speak
India
  
Denmark
  
Dialect 3
Kosli
  
Bornholmsk
  
Where They Speak
India
  
Island of Bornholm
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
33.00 million
  
34
5.50 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
33.00 million
  
28
5.50 million
  
99+
Native Name
ଓଡ଼ିଆ (ōṛiyā)
  
dansk
  
Alternative Names
Odisha, Odri, Odrum, Oliya, Uriya, Utkali, Vadiya, Yudhia
  
Dansk, Rigsdansk
  
French Name
oriya
  
danois
  
German Name
Oriya-Sprache
  
Dänisch
  
Pronunciation
[ˈoɽia]
  
[d̥ænˀsɡ̊]
  
Ethnicity
Odias
  
Danish people or Danes
  
Origin
3 BC
  
c. 1100 AD
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Indic
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Old Danish, Early Modern Danish
  
Standard Forms
Standard Odia
  
Rigsdansk
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Indian Signing System
  
Signed Danish
  
Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
or
  
da
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
ori
  
dan
  
ISO 639 2/B
ori
  
dan
  
ISO 639 3
ori
  
dan
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
macr1269
  
dani1284
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
5 2-AAA-bf & -ca to -cj
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Fusional