Countries
India
  
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan
  
National Language
India
  
Afganistan, Azerbaijan, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Academy of Persian Language and Literature (فرهنگستان زبان و اد, Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan
  
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 Iran, Parsi language is known as Farsi, while in Afghanistan Persian language is known as Dari.
- Persian language has borrowed many loanwords from the Arabic language.
  
Similar To
Bengali and Assamese
  
Pashto and Balochi Languages
  
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
  
Arabic Language
  
Alphabets in
Oriya-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Persian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Bengali, Odia alphabet (Brahmic)
  
Arabic
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
ନମସ୍କାର (namascara)
  
سلام
  
Thank You
ଧନ୍ୟବାଦ୍ (dhanyabaad)
  
متشکرم
  
How Are You?
କେମିତି ଅତ୍ଚନ୍ଥି? (kemiti achanti?)
  
چطور هستید?
  
Good Night
ସୁଭରାତ୍ର (shubharaatra)
  
شب بخیر
  
Good Evening
ସୁଭସନ୍ଧ୍ୟା (subha sandhya)
  
عصر بخیر
  
Good Afternoon
ସୁଭ ଖରା ବେଳ (shubha kharaa bela)
  
بعد از ظهر بخیر
  
Good Morning
ସୁପ୍ରଭାତ (suprabhaata)
  
صبح به خیر
  
Please
Not Available
  
لطفا
  
Sorry
ମୁଁ ଦୁଃଖିତ (mū duḥkhita)
  
متاسف
  
Bye
ସୁବିଦାୟ (shubidaaya)
  
خدا حافظ
  
I Love You
ମୁଁ ତୁମକୁ ଭଲ ପାଏ (mu tumoku bhala paye)
  
من شما را دوست دارم
  
Excuse Me
କ୍ଷମା କରିବେ (kyamā karibe)
  
ببخشيد!
  
Dialect 1
Baleswari
  
Western Persian
  
Where They Speak
India
  
Iran, Iraq
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
47,000,000.00
  
7
Dialect 2
Ganjami
  
Dari Persian
  
Where They Speak
India
  
Afganistan
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
12,500,000.00
  
7
Dialect 3
Kosli
  
Tajik Persian
  
Where They Speak
India
  
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
  
How Many People Speak
7,900,000.00
  
6
How Many People Speak?
33.00 million
  
34
65.00 million
  
26
Native Speakers
33.00 million
  
28
65.00 million
  
17
Native Name
ଓଡ଼ିଆ (ōṛiyā)
  
فارسی
  
Alternative Names
Odisha, Odri, Odrum, Oliya, Uriya, Utkali, Vadiya, Yudhia
  
New Persian, Parsi, Persian, West Persian
  
French Name
oriya
  
persan
  
German Name
Oriya-Sprache
  
Persisch
  
Pronunciation
[ˈoɽia]
  
[fɒːɾˈsiː]
  
Ethnicity
Odias
  
Persian people
  
Origin
3 BC
  
1500 BC
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
  
Indo-Iranian
  
Branch
Indic
  
Iranian
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Old Persian and Middle Persian
  
Standard Forms
Standard Odia
  
Persian
  
Signed Forms
Indian Signing System
  
Persian Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
or
  
fa
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
ori
  
fas
  
ISO 639 2/B
ori
  
per
  
ISO 639 3
ori
  
pes
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
macr1269
  
fars1254
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
58-AAC-c
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Synthetic