National Language
India
Botswana, Mozambique, Zimbabwe
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Africa
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
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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.
- Shona language is tonal language.
- The African people in Zimbabwe is made of 10 ethnic groups, each speaking a different languages, shona is spoken by 60 percent of population.
Similar To
Bengali and Assamese
Kalanga and Nambya Language
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
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Alphabets in
Oriya-Alphabets.jpg#200
Shona-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Bengali, Odia alphabet (Brahmic)
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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Time Taken to Learn
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Hello
ନମସ୍କାର (namascara)
Mhoro
Thank You
ଧନ୍ୟବାଦ୍ (dhanyabaad)
Waita zvako
How Are You?
କେମିତି ଅତ୍ଚନ୍ଥି? (kemiti achanti?)
Wakadini zvako?
Good Night
ସୁଭରାତ୍ର (shubharaatra)
Urare zvakanaka
Good Evening
ସୁଭସନ୍ଧ୍ୟା (subha sandhya)
Manheru
Good Afternoon
ସୁଭ ଖରା ବେଳ (shubha kharaa bela)
Masikati
Good Morning
ସୁପ୍ରଭାତ (suprabhaata)
Mangwanani
Please
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Ndinokumbirawo
Sorry
ମୁଁ ଦୁଃଖିତ (mū duḥkhita)
Ndineurombo
Bye
ସୁବିଦାୟ (shubidaaya)
bye
I Love You
ମୁଁ ତୁମକୁ ଭଲ ପାଏ (mu tumoku bhala paye)
Ndinokuda
Excuse Me
କ୍ଷମା କରିବେ (kyamā karibe)
Pamusoro
Dialect 1
Baleswari
Hwesa
Where They Speak
India
Zimbabwe
Dialect 2
Ganjami
Karanga
Where They Speak
India
southern Zimbabwe
Where They Speak
India
central Zimbabwe, Mashonaland
How Many People Speak
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Native Name
ଓଡ଼ିଆ (ōṛiyā)
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Alternative Names
Odisha, Odri, Odrum, Oliya, Uriya, Utkali, Vadiya, Yudhia
Chishona, “Swina” (pej.), Zezuru
German Name
Oriya-Sprache
Schona-Sprache
Pronunciation
[ˈoɽia]
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Ethnicity
Odias
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Language Family
Indo-European Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Benue-Congo
Early Forms
No early forms
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Standard Forms
Standard Odia
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Signed Forms
Indian Signing System
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Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage
Individual
ISO 639 6
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Glottocode
macr1269
core1255
Linguasphere
No data available
99-AUT-a
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
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Language Morphological Typology
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All Oriya and Shona 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 Shona dialects. Various dialects of Oriya and Shona language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Oriya are spoken in different Oriya Speaking Countries whereas Shona Dialects are spoken in different Shona speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Oriya vs Shona Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Oriya dialects include: Baleswari, Ganjami. Shona dialects include: Hwesa , Karanga. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Oriya and Shona Speaking population
Oriya and Shona speaking population is one of the factors based on which Oriya and Shona languages can be compared. The total count of Oriya and Shona Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Oriya language is 0.50 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Shona language is 0.13 %. 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 Shona on Oriya vs Shona where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Oriya and Shona Language Codes
Oriya and Shona language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Oriya and Shona Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.