Countries
India
  
Fiji, 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, Oceania
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Central Hindi Directorate
  
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.
  
- In Hindi language, nouns are followed by post positions.
- In Hindi, there are many familiar words in English which are in Hindi or of Hindi origin.
  
Similar To
Bengali and Assamese
  
Urdu
  
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
  
Sanskrit Language
  
Alphabets in
Oriya-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Hindi.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Bengali, Odia alphabet (Brahmic)
  
Devanagari
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
ନମସ୍କାର (namascara)
  
नमस्ते (Namastē)
  
Thank You
ଧନ୍ୟବାଦ୍ (dhanyabaad)
  
धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda)
  
How Are You?
କେମିତି ଅତ୍ଚନ୍ଥି? (kemiti achanti?)
  
तुम कैसे हो? (Tuma kaisē hō?)
  
Good Night
ସୁଭରାତ୍ର (shubharaatra)
  
शुभरात्रि (Śubharātri)
  
Good Evening
ସୁଭସନ୍ଧ୍ୟା (subha sandhya)
  
शुभ सन्ध्या (shubh sandhya)
  
Good Afternoon
ସୁଭ ଖରା ବେଳ (shubha kharaa bela)
  
दोपहर के बाद नमस्कार (dopahar ke bad namaskar)
  
Good Morning
ସୁପ୍ରଭାତ (suprabhaata)
  
सुप्रभात (Suprabhāta)
  
Please
Not Available
  
कृपया (Kr̥payā)
  
Sorry
ମୁଁ ଦୁଃଖିତ (mū duḥkhita)
  
खेद (Khēda)
  
Bye
ସୁବିଦାୟ (shubidaaya)
  
अलविदा (Alavidā)
  
I Love You
ମୁଁ ତୁମକୁ ଭଲ ପାଏ (mu tumoku bhala paye)
  
मैं आपसे प्यार करता (Maiṁ āpasē pyāra karatā)
  
Excuse Me
କ୍ଷମା କରିବେ (kyamā karibe)
  
मुझे माफ करें (Mujhē māpha karēṁ)
  
Dialect 1
Baleswari
  
Khariboli
  
Where They Speak
India
  
Delhi, Haryana, Western Uttar Pradesh
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
240,000,000.00
  
2
Dialect 2
Ganjami
  
Marwari
  
Where They Speak
India
  
Gujarat, Haryana, Rajasthan, Sindh
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
22,000,000.00
  
3
Dialect 3
Kosli
  
Bundeli
  
Where They Speak
India
  
Bundelkhand
  
How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00
  
4
How Many People Speak?
33.00 million
  
34
380.00 million
  
5
Native Speakers
33.00 million
  
28
260.00 million
  
4
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
120.00 million
  
6
Native Name
ଓଡ଼ିଆ (ōṛiyā)
  
हिन्दी
  
Alternative Names
Odisha, Odri, Odrum, Oliya, Uriya, Utkali, Vadiya, Yudhia
  
Khadi Boli, Khari Boli
  
French Name
oriya
  
hindi
  
German Name
Oriya-Sprache
  
Hindi
  
Pronunciation
[ˈoɽia]
  
[ˈmaːnək ˈɦin̪d̪iː]
  
Ethnicity
Odias
  
Hindustani people
  
Origin
3 BC
  
7th Century
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
  
Indo-Iranian
  
Branch
Indic
  
Indic
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Standard Odia
  
Standard Hindi
  
Signed Forms
Indian Signing System
  
Indian Signing System
  
Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
or
  
hi
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
ori
  
hin
  
ISO 639 2/B
ori
  
hin
  
ISO 639 3
ori
  
hin
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
hins
  
Glottocode
macr1269
  
hind1269
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
59-AAF-qf
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Fusional, Synthetic