Countries
India
  
Belgium, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Canada, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo, Cote d'Ivoire, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gabon, Guernesey, Guinea, Haiti, Italy, Jersey, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritius, Monaco, Niger, Rwanda, Senegal, Seychelles, Switzerland, Togo, Vanuatu
  
National Language
India
  
France
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Africa, Canada
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Africa, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, Pacific, South America
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Brazil, Cambodia, United States of America, Vietnam
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Académie française (French Academy), Office québécois de la langue française
  
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.
  
- French is the only language, with English, that is taught in every country of the world.
- French is the top language in Culinary Scene.
  
Similar To
Bengali and Assamese
  
Italian Language
  
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
  
Latin
  
Alphabets in
Oriya-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
French-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)
  
bonjour
  
Thank You
ଧନ୍ୟବାଦ୍ (dhanyabaad)
  
Merci
  
How Are You?
କେମିତି ଅତ୍ଚନ୍ଥି? (kemiti achanti?)
  
Comment allez-vous?
  
Good Night
ସୁଭରାତ୍ର (shubharaatra)
  
bonne Nuit
  
Good Evening
ସୁଭସନ୍ଧ୍ୟା (subha sandhya)
  
bonsoir
  
Good Afternoon
ସୁଭ ଖରା ବେଳ (shubha kharaa bela)
  
bon Après-Midi
  
Good Morning
ସୁପ୍ରଭାତ (suprabhaata)
  
Bonjour
  
Please
Not Available
  
S'il vous plaît
  
Sorry
ମୁଁ ଦୁଃଖିତ (mū duḥkhita)
  
désolé
  
Bye
ସୁବିଦାୟ (shubidaaya)
  
au revoir
  
I Love You
ମୁଁ ତୁମକୁ ଭଲ ପାଏ (mu tumoku bhala paye)
  
Je t'aime
  
Excuse Me
କ୍ଷମା କରିବେ (kyamā karibe)
  
Excuse Moi
  
Dialect 1
Baleswari
  
Quebec French
  
Where They Speak
India
  
New Brunswick, New England, Ontario, Quebec, Western Canada
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
6,200,000.00
  
15
Dialect 2
Ganjami
  
African French
  
Where They Speak
India
  
Africa
  
Dialect 3
Kosli
  
Swiss French
  
Where They Speak
India
  
Northeast France, Switzerland
  
How Many People Speak
1,800,000.00
  
16
How Many People Speak?
33.00 million
  
34
163.00 million
  
11
Native Speakers
33.00 million
  
28
76.00 million
  
13
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
87.00 million
  
11
Native Name
ଓଡ଼ିଆ (ōṛiyā)
  
français
  
Alternative Names
Odisha, Odri, Odrum, Oliya, Uriya, Utkali, Vadiya, Yudhia
  
Français
  
French Name
oriya
  
français
  
German Name
Oriya-Sprache
  
Französisch
  
Pronunciation
[ˈoɽia]
  
[fʁɑ̃sɛ]
  
Ethnicity
Odias
  
Not Available
  
Origin
3 BC
  
9th Century
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
  
Romance
  
Branch
Indic
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Old French, Middle French and French
  
Standard Forms
Standard Odia
  
Standard French
  
Signed Forms
Indian Signing System
  
le Français Signé (Signed French, France)
  
Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
or
  
fr
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
ori
  
fra
  
ISO 639 2/B
ori
  
fre
  
ISO 639 3
ori
  
fra
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
fras
  
Glottocode
macr1269
  
stan1290
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
51-AAA-i
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Fusional, Synthetic