Countries
India
Sri Lanka
National Language
India
Sri Lanka
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Sri Lanka
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Not Available
Hela Havula (හෙළ හවුල)
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 Sinhalese language, there are many loanwords from Dravidian languages mainly Tamil, Portuguese, Dutch and English.
- Sinhalese language has it own script/ writing system.
Similar To
Bengali and Assamese
Maldivian Language
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
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Sinhalese-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Bengali, Odia alphabet (Brahmic)
Sinhala alphabet
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
ନମସ୍କାର (namascara)
හලෝ (halō)
Thank You
ଧନ୍ୟବାଦ୍ (dhanyabaad)
ඔබට ස්තුතියි (obaṭa stutiyi)
How Are You?
କେମିତି ଅତ୍ଚନ୍ଥି? (kemiti achanti?)
ඔබ කොහොමද (oba kohomada)
Good Night
ସୁଭରାତ୍ର (shubharaatra)
සුභ රාත්රියක් (subha rātriyak)
Good Evening
ସୁଭସନ୍ଧ୍ୟା (subha sandhya)
සුබ සැන්දෑවක් (suba sændǣvak)
Good Afternoon
ସୁଭ ଖରା ବେଳ (shubha kharaa bela)
සුභ සන්ධ්යාවක් (subha sandhyāvak)
Good Morning
ସୁପ୍ରଭାତ (suprabhaata)
සුභ උදෑසනක් (subha udǣsanak)
Please
Not Available
කරුණාකර (karuṇākara)
Sorry
ମୁଁ ଦୁଃଖିତ (mū duḥkhita)
සමාවන්න (samāvanna)
Bye
ସୁବିଦାୟ (shubidaaya)
බායි (bāyi)
I Love You
ମୁଁ ତୁମକୁ ଭଲ ପାଏ (mu tumoku bhala paye)
මම ඔයාට ආදරෙයි (mama oyāṭa ādareyi)
Excuse Me
କ୍ଷମା କରିବେ (kyamā karibe)
මට සමාවෙන්න (maṭa samāvenna)
Dialect 1
Baleswari
Vedda
Where They Speak
India
Sri Lanka
Dialect 2
Ganjami
Not Available
Where They Speak
India
Not Available
Dialect 3
Kosli
Not Available
Where They Speak
India
Not Available
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
ଓଡ଼ିଆ (ōṛiyā)
සිංහල (sĩhala)
Alternative Names
Odisha, Odri, Odrum, Oliya, Uriya, Utkali, Vadiya, Yudhia
Cingalese, Singhala, Singhalese, Sinhala
French Name
oriya
singhalais
German Name
Oriya-Sprache
Singhalesisch
Pronunciation
[ˈoɽia]
Not Available
Ethnicity
Odias
Sinhalese people
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Indo-Iranian
Early Forms
No early forms
Sinhalese Prakrit
Standard Forms
Standard Odia
Modern Sinhalese
Signed Forms
Indian Signing System
Not Available
Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
macr1269
sinh1246
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Fusional
All Oriya and Sinhalese 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 Sinhalese dialects. Various dialects of Oriya and Sinhalese language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Oriya are spoken in different Oriya Speaking Countries whereas Sinhalese Dialects are spoken in different Sinhalese speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Oriya vs Sinhalese Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Oriya dialects include: Baleswari, Ganjami. Sinhalese dialects include: Vedda , Not Available. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Oriya and Sinhalese Speaking population
Oriya and Sinhalese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Oriya and Sinhalese languages can be compared. The total count of Oriya and Sinhalese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Oriya language is 0.50 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Sinhalese language is 0.25 %. 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 Sinhalese on Oriya vs Sinhalese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Oriya and Sinhalese Language Codes
Oriya and Sinhalese language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Oriya and Sinhalese Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.