Countries
India
  
Cyprus, European Union, Greece
  
National Language
India
  
Albania, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Roman Empire
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Asia, Europe
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Albania, Armenia, Australia, Hungary, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Center for the Greek language (Κέντρον Ελληνικής Γλώσσας)
  
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.
  
- Greek is the longest documented language of all the Indo-European Langauges.
- The official language of education in the Roman Empire was Greek.
  
Similar To
Bengali and Assamese
  
Armenian
  
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
  
Latin
  
Alphabets in
Oriya-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Greek-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Bengali, Odia alphabet (Brahmic)
  
Arabic, Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
ନମସ୍କାର (namascara)
  
γεια σας (geia sas)
  
Thank You
ଧନ୍ୟବାଦ୍ (dhanyabaad)
  
ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱)
  
How Are You?
କେମିତି ଅତ୍ଚନ୍ଥି? (kemiti achanti?)
  
πώς είσαι (pó̱s eísai)
  
Good Night
ସୁଭରାତ୍ର (shubharaatra)
  
Καληνυχτα (Kali̱nychta)
  
Good Evening
ସୁଭସନ୍ଧ୍ୟା (subha sandhya)
  
καλησπέρα (kali̱spéra)
  
Good Afternoon
ସୁଭ ଖରା ବେଳ (shubha kharaa bela)
  
Καλὸ ἀπόγευμα (Kaló apóyevma)
  
Good Morning
ସୁପ୍ରଭାତ (suprabhaata)
  
καλημέρα (kali̱méra)
  
Please
Not Available
  
παρακαλώ (parakaló̱)
  
Sorry
ମୁଁ ଦୁଃଖିତ (mū duḥkhita)
  
συγνώμη (sygnó̱mi̱)
  
Bye
ସୁବିଦାୟ (shubidaaya)
  
αντίο (antío)
  
I Love You
ମୁଁ ତୁମକୁ ଭଲ ପାଏ (mu tumoku bhala paye)
  
Σε αγαπώ (Se agapó̱)
  
Excuse Me
କ୍ଷମା କରିବେ (kyamā karibe)
  
Με συγχωρείτε! (Me synhoríte)
  
Dialect 1
Baleswari
  
Cappadocian Greek
  
Where They Speak
India
  
Greece
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Ganjami
  
Griko
  
Where They Speak
India
  
Italy
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Kosli
  
Mariupol
  
Where They Speak
India
  
Ukraine
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
33.00 million
  
34
13.00 million
  
99+
Native Speakers
33.00 million
  
28
13.00 million
  
99+
Native Name
ଓଡ଼ିଆ (ōṛiyā)
  
ελληνικά
  
Alternative Names
Odisha, Odri, Odrum, Oliya, Uriya, Utkali, Vadiya, Yudhia
  
Ellinika, Graecae, Grec, Greco, Neo-Hellenic, Romaic
  
French Name
oriya
  
grec moderne (après 1453)
  
German Name
Oriya-Sprache
  
Neugriechisch
  
Pronunciation
[ˈoɽia]
  
[eliniˈka]
  
Ethnicity
Odias
  
Greeks or Hellenes
  
Origin
3 BC
  
1500 BC
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
  
Hellenic
  
Branch
Indic
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Proto-Greek, Mycenaean Greek, Ancient Greek, Koine Greek and Medieval Greek
  
Standard Forms
Standard Odia
  
Modern Greek
  
Signed Forms
Indian Signing System
  
Greek Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
or
  
el
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
ori
  
ell
  
ISO 639 2/B
ori
  
gre
  
ISO 639 3
ori
  
ell
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
ells
  
Glottocode
macr1269
  
gree1276
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
56-AAA-a
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Fusional, Synthetic