Countries
India
  
Barbados, Belize, Botswana, Cameroon, Canada, Dominica, Fiji, Ghana, India, Ireland, Jamaica, Kenya, Malta, Mauritius, Micronesia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Samoa, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Somaliland, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda, United Kingdom, Zambia, Zimbabwe
  
National Language
India
  
Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Gibraltar, Grenada, Guam, Guyana, Jersey, Montserrat, Nauru, Singapore, Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom, United States of America
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
India, Nigeria, Pakistan, Singapore
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, South America
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
South Africa
  
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.
  
- Most of the English words begin with the letter S than any other letter.
- English is third most commonly spoken language in the world.
  
Similar To
Bengali and Assamese
  
Not Available
  
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
  
Latin
  
Alphabets in
Oriya-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
English-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)
  
Hello
  
Thank You
ଧନ୍ୟବାଦ୍ (dhanyabaad)
  
Thank you
  
How Are You?
କେମିତି ଅତ୍ଚନ୍ଥି? (kemiti achanti?)
  
How are you?
  
Good Night
ସୁଭରାତ୍ର (shubharaatra)
  
Good Night
  
Good Evening
ସୁଭସନ୍ଧ୍ୟା (subha sandhya)
  
Good Evening
  
Good Afternoon
ସୁଭ ଖରା ବେଳ (shubha kharaa bela)
  
Good Afternoon
  
Good Morning
ସୁପ୍ରଭାତ (suprabhaata)
  
Good Morning
  
Please
Not Available
  
Please
  
Sorry
ମୁଁ ଦୁଃଖିତ (mū duḥkhita)
  
Sorry
  
Bye
ସୁବିଦାୟ (shubidaaya)
  
Bye
  
I Love You
ମୁଁ ତୁମକୁ ଭଲ ପାଏ (mu tumoku bhala paye)
  
I love you
  
Excuse Me
କ୍ଷମା କରିବେ (kyamā karibe)
  
Excuse Me
  
Dialect 1
Baleswari
  
American English
  
Where They Speak
India
  
United States of America
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
225,000,000.00
  
3
Dialect 2
Ganjami
  
Hiberno-English
  
Where They Speak
India
  
Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
4,500,000.00
  
15
Dialect 3
Kosli
  
Welsh English
  
Where They Speak
India
  
United Kingdom
  
How Many People Speak
2,500,000.00
  
14
How Many People Speak?
33.00 million
  
34
1,200.00 million
  
1
Native Speakers
33.00 million
  
28
400.00 million
  
3
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
400.00 million
  
1
Native Name
ଓଡ଼ିଆ (ōṛiyā)
  
English
  
Alternative Names
Odisha, Odri, Odrum, Oliya, Uriya, Utkali, Vadiya, Yudhia
  
Not Available
  
French Name
oriya
  
anglais
  
German Name
Oriya-Sprache
  
Englisch
  
Pronunciation
[ˈoɽia]
  
/ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ/
  
Ethnicity
Odias
  
Not Available
  
Origin
3 BC
  
5th Century 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 English, Middle English, Early Modern English and English
  
Standard Forms
Standard Odia
  
Standard English
  
Signed Forms
Indian Signing System
  
Signed English
  
Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
or
  
en
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
ori
  
eng
  
ISO 639 2/B
ori
  
eng
  
ISO 639 3
ori
  
eng
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
engs
  
Glottocode
macr1269
  
stan1293
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
52-ABA
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Analytic, Fusional, Isolating, Synthetic