Countries
India
  
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.
  
National Language
India
  
Ethiopia
  
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
  
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.
  
- Amharic ranks as second most spoken Semitic language in the world.
- Amharic has its own writing system named “fidel” and it uses Amharic alphabets to write.
  
Similar To
Bengali and Assamese
  
Not Available
  
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
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Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Bengali, Odia alphabet (Brahmic)
  
Ethiopic
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
ନମସ୍କାର (namascara)
  
Selam
  
Thank You
ଧନ୍ୟବାଦ୍ (dhanyabaad)
  
amesege'nallo'
  
How Are You?
କେମିତି ଅତ୍ଚନ୍ଥି? (kemiti achanti?)
  
Dehina newot?
  
Good Night
ସୁଭରାତ୍ର (shubharaatra)
  
Dehna dur
  
Good Evening
ସୁଭସନ୍ଧ୍ୟା (subha sandhya)
  
melkam meshe't
  
Good Afternoon
ସୁଭ ଖରା ବେଳ (shubha kharaa bela)
  
i'ndemin walu
  
Good Morning
ସୁପ୍ରଭାତ (suprabhaata)
  
i'ndemin adäru
  
Please
Not Available
  
i'bakwon
  
Sorry
ମୁଁ ଦୁଃଖିତ (mū duḥkhita)
  
aznallehu
  
Bye
ସୁବିଦାୟ (shubidaaya)
  
tschao
  
I Love You
ମୁଁ ତୁମକୁ ଭଲ ପାଏ (mu tumoku bhala paye)
  
afekirishalehu
  
Excuse Me
କ୍ଷମା କରିବେ (kyamā karibe)
  
yiqirta
  
Dialect 1
Baleswari
  
Gondar
  
Where They Speak
India
  
Gondar
  
Dialect 2
Ganjami
  
Gojjami
  
Where They Speak
India
  
Ethiopia
  
Dialect 3
Kosli
  
Showa
  
Where They Speak
India
  
Ethiopia
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
33.00 million
  
34
18.70 million
  
99+
Native Speakers
33.00 million
  
28
25.00 million
  
32
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
10.00 million
  
23
Native Name
ଓଡ଼ିଆ (ōṛiyā)
  
Not Available
  
Alternative Names
Odisha, Odri, Odrum, Oliya, Uriya, Utkali, Vadiya, Yudhia
  
Abyssinian, Amarigna, Amarinya, Amhara, Ethiopian
  
French Name
oriya
  
amharique
  
German Name
Oriya-Sprache
  
Amharisch
  
Pronunciation
[ˈoɽia]
  
[amarɨɲɲa]
  
Ethnicity
Odias
  
Amharas
  
Origin
3 BC
  
13th century
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Afro-Asiatic Family
  
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
  
Semitic
  
Branch
Indic
  
Ethiopic
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Ge'ez
  
Standard Forms
Standard Odia
  
Amharic
  
Signed Forms
Indian Signing System
  
Signed Amharic
  
Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
or
  
am
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
ori
  
amh
  
ISO 639 2/B
ori
  
amh
  
ISO 639 3
ori
  
amh
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
macr1269
  
amha1245
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
12-ACB-a
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Fusional
  
Oriya and Amharic Greetings
People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Oriya and Amharic greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Oriya and Amharic language. Oriya word for "Hello" is ନମସ୍କାର (namascara) or Amharic word for "Thank You" is amesege'nallo'. Find more of such common Oriya Greetings and Amharic Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Oriya vs Amharic Difficulty
The Oriya vs Amharic difficulty level basically depends on the number of Oriya Alphabets and Amharic Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Oriya and Amharic are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Oriya and Amharic, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Oriya is 44 weeks while to learn Amharic time required is 44 weeks.