Countries
India
  
India, Pakistan
  
National Language
India
  
India, Pakistan
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Pakistan
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Australia, Canada, United Kingdom, United States of America
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
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.
  
- Punjabi is 2nd most spoken in United Kingdom and 4th most spoken in Canada.
- Punjabi is tonal language, by using various tones Punjabi speakers are able to differentiate between words.
  
Similar To
Bengali and Assamese
  
Hindi Language
  
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
  
Sanskrit Language
  
Alphabets in
Oriya-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Punjabi-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Bengali, Odia alphabet (Brahmic)
  
Gurmukhi, Shahmukhi
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
ନମସ୍କାର (namascara)
  
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (namaskar)
  
Thank You
ଧନ୍ୟବାଦ୍ (dhanyabaad)
  
ਸ਼ੁਕਰੀਆ (shukrīā)
  
How Are You?
କେମିତି ଅତ୍ଚନ୍ଥି? (kemiti achanti?)
  
ਤੁਹਾਡਾ ਕੀ ਹਾਲ ਹੈ? (tuhāḍā kī hāl he?)
  
Good Night
ସୁଭରାତ୍ର (shubharaatra)
  
ਸ਼ੁੱਭ ਰਾਤਰੀ (shubh rātri)
  
Good Evening
ସୁଭସନ୍ଧ୍ୟା (subha sandhya)
  
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)
  
Good Afternoon
ସୁଭ ଖରା ବେଳ (shubha kharaa bela)
  
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (Namasakāra)
  
Good Morning
ସୁପ୍ରଭାତ (suprabhaata)
  
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)
  
Please
Not Available
  
ਕਿਰਪਾ ਕਰਕੇ (kirpā karkē)
  
Sorry
ମୁଁ ଦୁଃଖିତ (mū duḥkhita)
  
ਖਿਮਾ/ਮਾਫ਼ ਕਰੋ ਜੀ। (kimā)
  
Bye
ସୁବିଦାୟ (shubidaaya)
  
ਫਿਰ ਮਿਲਾੰਗੇ (Fair milaange)
  
I Love You
ମୁଁ ତୁମକୁ ଭଲ ପାଏ (mu tumoku bhala paye)
  
ਮੈਂ ਤੈਨੂੰ ਪਿਆਰ ਕਰਦਾ ਹਾਂ। (mẽ tenū̃ piār kardā hā̃)
  
Excuse Me
କ୍ଷମା କରିବେ (kyamā karibe)
  
ਵੇਖੋ ਜੀ। (vēkhō jī)
  
Dialect 1
Baleswari
  
Pothohari
  
Where They Speak
India
  
Pakistan
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
2,500,000.00
  
22
Dialect 2
Ganjami
  
Saraiki
  
Where They Speak
India
  
Afganistan, India, Pakistan
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
20,000,000.00
  
5
Dialect 3
Kosli
  
Doabi
  
Where They Speak
India
  
Pakistan, Punjab, India
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
33.00 million
  
34
154.30 million
  
12
Native Speakers
33.00 million
  
28
100.00 million
  
11
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
54.30 million
  
12
Native Name
ଓଡ଼ିଆ (ōṛiyā)
  
ਪੰਜਾਬੀ, پنجابی
  
Alternative Names
Odisha, Odri, Odrum, Oliya, Uriya, Utkali, Vadiya, Yudhia
  
Lahanda, Lahnda, Lahndi, Lahori, Majhi, Gurmukhi, Gurumukhi, Panjabi
  
French Name
oriya
  
pendjabi
  
German Name
Oriya-Sprache
  
Pandschabi-Sprache
  
Pronunciation
[ˈoɽia]
  
Not Availble
  
Ethnicity
Odias
  
Punjabis
  
Origin
3 BC
  
1000 AD
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
  
Indo-Iranian
  
Branch
Indic
  
Indic
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Shauraseni, Kaikeyi
  
Standard Forms
Standard Odia
  
Modern Punjabi
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Indian Signing System
  
Indian Signing System (ISS)
  
Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage
  
Not Available
  
ISO 639 1
or
  
pa
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
ori
  
pan
  
ISO 639 2/B
ori
  
pan
  
ISO 639 3
ori
  
pan
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
macr1269
  
panj1256
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Not Available
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Fusional