Countries
India
  
Austria, Belgium, Germany, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Switzerland
  
National Language
India
  
Germany
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
North Dakota, United States of America
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Europe
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Czech Republic, Denmark, Former Soviet Union, France, Hungary, Italy, Namibia, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Council for German Orthography
  
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.
  
- One of the large group of Indo-Germanic languages is German.
- The second most popular Germanic language spoken today behind English is German language.
  
Similar To
Bengali and Assamese
  
Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish and English Languages
  
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
  
Albanian Languages
  
Alphabets in
Oriya-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
German-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)
  
Danke
  
How Are You?
କେମିତି ଅତ୍ଚନ୍ଥି? (kemiti achanti?)
  
Wie geht es dir?
  
Good Night
ସୁଭରାତ୍ର (shubharaatra)
  
gute Nacht
  
Good Evening
ସୁଭସନ୍ଧ୍ୟା (subha sandhya)
  
guten Abend
  
Good Afternoon
ସୁଭ ଖରା ବେଳ (shubha kharaa bela)
  
guten Tag
  
Good Morning
ସୁପ୍ରଭାତ (suprabhaata)
  
guten Morgen
  
Please
Not Available
  
bitte
  
Sorry
ମୁଁ ଦୁଃଖିତ (mū duḥkhita)
  
Verzeihung
  
Bye
ସୁବିଦାୟ (shubidaaya)
  
Tschüs
  
I Love You
ମୁଁ ତୁମକୁ ଭଲ ପାଏ (mu tumoku bhala paye)
  
Ich liebe dich
  
Excuse Me
କ୍ଷମା କରିବେ (kyamā karibe)
  
Entschuldigung
  
Dialect 1
Baleswari
  
Swiss German
  
Where They Speak
India
  
Switzerland
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
4,500,000.00
  
18
Dialect 2
Ganjami
  
Swabian German
  
Where They Speak
India
  
Germany
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Kosli
  
Texas German
  
Where They Speak
India
  
Texas
  
How Many People Speak?
33.00 million
  
34
229.00 million
  
8
Native Speakers
33.00 million
  
28
101.00 million
  
10
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
128.00 million
  
5
Native Name
ଓଡ଼ିଆ (ōṛiyā)
  
Deutsch
  
Alternative Names
Odisha, Odri, Odrum, Oliya, Uriya, Utkali, Vadiya, Yudhia
  
Deutsch, Tedesco
  
French Name
oriya
  
allemand
  
German Name
Oriya-Sprache
  
Deutsch
  
Pronunciation
[ˈoɽia]
  
[ˈdɔʏtʃ]
  
Ethnicity
Odias
  
Germans
  
Origin
3 BC
  
6th Century AD
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
  
Germanic
  
Branch
Indic
  
Western
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Standard Odia
  
German Standard German, Swiss Standard German and Austrian Standard German
  
Signed Forms
Indian Signing System
  
Signed German
  
Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
or
  
de
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
ori
  
deu
  
ISO 639 2/B
ori
  
ger
  
ISO 639 3
ori
  
deu
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
deus
  
Glottocode
macr1269
  
high1287, uppe1397
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
52-ACB–dl & -dm
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Subject-Object-Verb, Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Fusional, Synthetic