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Oriya and Swahili


Swahili and Oriya


Countries

Countries
India   
African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community, Kenya   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
4   
11

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.
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Similar To
Bengali and Assamese   
Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi Languages   

Derived From
Sanskrit Language   
Arabic Language   

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Oriya-Alphabets.jpg#200   
Swahili-Alphabets.jpg#200   

Alphabets
42   
22
24   
6

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
11   
8
5   
2

How Many Consonants
31   
21
21   
11

Scripts
Bengali, Odia alphabet (Brahmic)   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
36 weeks   
10

Greetings

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   

Dialects

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
520,000.00   
21
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
8   
8
12   
12

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
33.00 million   
34
150.00 million   
13

Speaking Population
0.50 %   
29
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   

History

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
32   
26
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Indian Signing System   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage   
Individual, Macrolanguage   

Code

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   

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All Oriya and Swahili 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 Swahili dialects. Various dialects of Oriya and Swahili language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Oriya are spoken in different Oriya Speaking Countries whereas Swahili Dialects are spoken in different Swahili speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Oriya vs Swahili Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Oriya dialects include: Baleswari, Ganjami. Swahili dialects include: Kiunguja , Kimrima. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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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.

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