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Oriya and Greek


Greek and Oriya


Countries

Countries
India   
Cyprus, European Union, Greece   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
3   
12

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

Alphabets in
Oriya-Alphabets.jpg#200   
Greek-Alphabets.jpg#200   

Alphabets
42   
22
24   
6

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
11   
8
7   
4

How Many Consonants
31   
21
17   
7

Scripts
Bengali, Odia alphabet (Brahmic)   
Arabic, Latin   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

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)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Baleswari   
Cappadocian Greek   

Where They Speak
India   
Greece   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
2,800.00   
99+

Dialect 2
Ganjami   
Griko   

Where They Speak
India   
Italy   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
50,000.00   
38

Dialect 3
Kosli   
Mariupol   

Where They Speak
India   
Ukraine   

How Many People Speak
520,000.00   
21
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
8   
8
25   
21

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
33.00 million   
34
13.00 million   
99+

Speaking Population
0.50 %   
29
0.18 %   
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   

History

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   

Language Position
32   
26
74   
99+

Signed Forms
Indian Signing System   
Greek Sign Language   

Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage   
Individual   

Code

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   

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All Oriya and Greek Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Oriya and Greek dialects. Various dialects of Oriya and Greek language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Oriya are spoken in different Oriya Speaking Countries whereas Greek Dialects are spoken in different Greek speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Oriya vs Greek Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Oriya dialects include: Baleswari, Ganjami. Greek dialects include: Cappadocian Greek , Griko. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Oriya and Greek Speaking population

Oriya and Greek speaking population is one of the factors based on which Oriya and Greek languages can be compared. The total count of Oriya and Greek Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Oriya language is 0.50 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Greek language is 0.18 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Oriya and Greek on Oriya vs Greek where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Oriya and Greek Language Codes

Oriya and Greek language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Oriya and Greek Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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