Countries
India
  
India
  
National Language
India
  
India
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Great Britain, Kenya, Malawi, Oman, Pakistan, Tanzania, Uganda, United States of America, Zambia
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
NA
  
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.
  
- Gujarati was the first language of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi("Father of the Nation of India") and Vallabhbhai Patel ("Iron Man of India").
- Most of the words in Gujarati language are adopted from Sanskrit.
  
Similar To
Bengali and Assamese
  
Bengali Language
  
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
  
Sanskrit Language
  
Alphabets in
Oriya-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Gujarati-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Bengali, Odia alphabet (Brahmic)
  
Devanagari
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Language Levels
Not Available
  
Hello
ନମସ୍କାର (namascara)
  
નમસ્તે (namaste)
  
Thank You
ଧନ୍ୟବାଦ୍ (dhanyabaad)
  
ધન્યવાદ (dhanvaad)
  
How Are You?
କେମିତି ଅତ୍ଚନ୍ଥି? (kemiti achanti?)
  
કેમ છો (kem cho?)
  
Good Night
ସୁଭରାତ୍ର (shubharaatra)
  
શુભ રાત્રે (shub rātrē)
  
Good Evening
ସୁଭସନ୍ଧ୍ୟା (subha sandhya)
  
સાંજે સારી (sān̄jē sārī)
  
Good Afternoon
ସୁଭ ଖରା ବେଳ (shubha kharaa bela)
  
સારા બપોરે (sārā bapōrē)
  
Good Morning
ସୁପ୍ରଭାତ (suprabhaata)
  
સુ પ્રભાત (su prabhat)
  
Please
Not Available
  
કૃપા કરીને(Kr̥pā karīnē)
  
Sorry
ମୁଁ ଦୁଃଖିତ (mū duḥkhita)
  
મન્ને મફ કરો (manne maaf karo)
  
Bye
ସୁବିଦାୟ (shubidaaya)
  
બાય (Bāya)
  
I Love You
ମୁଁ ତୁମକୁ ଭଲ ପାଏ (mu tumoku bhala paye)
  
હું તને પ્રેમ કરુ છું (hūṃ tane prem karū chūṃ)
  
Excuse Me
କ୍ଷମା କରିବେ (kyamā karibe)
  
માફ કરશો (Māpha karaśō)
  
Dialect 1
Baleswari
  
Kathiyawadi
  
Where They Speak
India
  
India, Mauritius, Oman, Pakistan, Singapore, South Africa, Tanzania, United Kingdom, United States of America
  
Dialect 2
Ganjami
  
Kharwa
  
Where They Speak
India
  
India, Mauritius, Pakistan, Singapore, United Kingdom, United States of America
  
Dialect 3
Kosli
  
Not Available
  
Where They Speak
India
  
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
33.00 million
  
34
60.00 million
  
27
Native Speakers
33.00 million
  
28
50.00 million
  
22
Native Name
ଓଡ଼ିଆ (ōṛiyā)
  
ગુજરાતી (gujarātī)
  
Alternative Names
Odisha, Odri, Odrum, Oliya, Uriya, Utkali, Vadiya, Yudhia
  
Gujerathi, Gujerati, Gujrathi
  
French Name
oriya
  
goudjrati
  
German Name
Oriya-Sprache
  
Gujarati-Sprache
  
Pronunciation
[ˈoɽia]
  
[ɡudʒəˈɾɑːt̪i]
  
Ethnicity
Odias
  
Gujaratis
  
Origin
3 BC
  
15
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
  
Indo-Iranian
  
Branch
Indic
  
Indic
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Old Gujarati
  
Standard Forms
Standard Odia
  
Modern Gujarati
  
Signed Forms
Indian Signing System
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
or
  
gu
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
ori
  
guj
  
ISO 639 2/B
ori
  
guj
  
ISO 639 3
ori
  
guj
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
macr1269
  
guja1252
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available