Countries
India
  
African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community, Kenya
  
National Language
India
  
Burundi, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, South Sudan, Tanzania
  
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
Not Available
  
Chama cha Kiswahili cha Taifa (Kenya)
  
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.
  
- Swahili language has borrowed many words from Arabic language.
- The oldest written scripts in swahili language were found in 18th century.
Similar To
Bengali and Assamese
  
Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi Languages
  
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
  
Arabic Language
  
Alphabets in
Oriya-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Swahili-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Bengali, Odia alphabet (Brahmic)
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
ନମସ୍କାର (namascara)
  
Habari
  
Thank You
ଧନ୍ୟବାଦ୍ (dhanyabaad)
  
Asante
  
How Are You?
କେମିତି ଅତ୍ଚନ୍ଥି? (kemiti achanti?)
  
Habari gani?
  
Good Night
ସୁଭରାତ୍ର (shubharaatra)
  
Usiku mwema
  
Good Evening
ସୁଭସନ୍ଧ୍ୟା (subha sandhya)
  
Habari za jioni
  
Good Afternoon
ସୁଭ ଖରା ବେଳ (shubha kharaa bela)
  
nzuri Alasiri
  
Good Morning
ସୁପ୍ରଭାତ (suprabhaata)
  
Habari za asubuhi
  
Please
Not Available
  
tafadhali
  
Sorry
ମୁଁ ଦୁଃଖିତ (mū duḥkhita)
  
pole
  
Bye
ସୁବିଦାୟ (shubidaaya)
  
bye
  
I Love You
ମୁଁ ତୁମକୁ ଭଲ ପାଏ (mu tumoku bhala paye)
  
nakupenda
  
Excuse Me
କ୍ଷମା କରିବେ (kyamā karibe)
  
Samahani
  
Dialect 1
Baleswari
  
Kiunguja
  
Where They Speak
India
  
Zanzibar island
  
Dialect 2
Ganjami
  
Kimrima
  
Where They Speak
India
  
Dar es Salaam
  
Dialect 3
Kosli
  
Kimgao
  
Where They Speak
India
  
Kilwa
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
33.00 million
  
34
150.00 million
  
13
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
33.00 million
  
28
15.00 million
  
40
Native Name
ଓଡ଼ିଆ (ōṛiyā)
  
Not Available
  
Alternative Names
Odisha, Odri, Odrum, Oliya, Uriya, Utkali, Vadiya, Yudhia
  
Kisuaheli, Kiswahili
  
French Name
oriya
  
swahili
  
German Name
Oriya-Sprache
  
Swahili
  
Pronunciation
[ˈoɽia]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Odias
  
Swahili people or Waswahili
  
Origin
3 BC
  
6th century
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Niger-Congo Family
  
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
  
Benue-Congo
  
Branch
Indic
  
Bantu
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Standard Odia
  
Swahili
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Indian Signing System
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage
  
Individual, Macrolanguage
  
ISO 639 1
or
  
sw
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
ori
  
swa
  
ISO 639 2/B
ori
  
swa
  
ISO 639 3
ori
  
swa
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
macr1269
  
swah1254
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
99-AUS-m
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Oriya and Swahili Speaking population
Oriya and Swahili speaking population is one of the factors based on which Oriya and Swahili languages can be compared. The total count of Oriya and Swahili Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Oriya language is 0.50 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Swahili language is Not Available. 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 Swahili on Oriya vs Swahili where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Oriya and Swahili Language Codes
Oriya and Swahili language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Oriya and Swahili Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.