Countries
India
  
Afganistan, Iran, Oman, Pakistan
  
National Language
India
  
Iran
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
India, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, United Arab Emirates
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Balochi Academy, National Languages Committee
  
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.
  
- Balochi language had no written form before the early 19th century. The official language used until that time was Persian.
- Balochi has borrowed words from Persian, Arabic, Sindhi, and other languages.
  
Similar To
Bengali and Assamese
  
Kurdish and Persian
  
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
  
Ancient Indo-Iranian Language
  
Alphabets in
Oriya-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Balochi-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Bengali, Odia alphabet (Brahmic)
  
Perso-Arabic script
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
ନମସ୍କାର (namascara)
  
Salam
  
Thank You
ଧନ୍ୟବାଦ୍ (dhanyabaad)
  
mana bebahgsh
  
How Are You?
କେମିତି ଅତ୍ଚନ୍ଥି? (kemiti achanti?)
  
chone tao?
  
Good Night
ସୁଭରାତ୍ର (shubharaatra)
  
jawáin shap
  
Good Evening
ସୁଭସନ୍ଧ୍ୟା (subha sandhya)
  
jawáin begáh
  
Good Afternoon
ସୁଭ ଖରା ବେଳ (shubha kharaa bela)
  
Not Available
  
Good Morning
ସୁପ୍ରଭାତ (suprabhaata)
  
jawáin sawáh
  
Please
Not Available
  
Mihrabani kan
  
Sorry
ମୁଁ ଦୁଃଖିତ (mū duḥkhita)
  
bebaksh / bebagsh
  
Bye
ସୁବିଦାୟ (shubidaaya)
  
bye
  
I Love You
ମୁଁ ତୁମକୁ ଭଲ ପାଏ (mu tumoku bhala paye)
  
Tu mana doost biyeh
  
Excuse Me
କ୍ଷମା କରିବେ (kyamā karibe)
  
mana bebahgsh
  
Dialect 1
Baleswari
  
Eastern Balochi
  
Where They Speak
India
  
Pakistan
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
5,000,000.00
  
17
Dialect 2
Ganjami
  
Western Balochi
  
Where They Speak
India
  
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
1,800,000.00
  
20
Dialect 3
Kosli
  
Southern Balochi
  
Where They Speak
India
  
Iran, Oman, Pakistan, United Arab Emirates
  
How Many People Speak
3,400,000.00
  
10
How Many People Speak?
33.00 million
  
34
7.60 million
  
99+
Native Speakers
33.00 million
  
28
7.60 million
  
99+
Native Name
ଓଡ଼ିଆ (ōṛiyā)
  
بلوچی
  
Alternative Names
Odisha, Odri, Odrum, Oliya, Uriya, Utkali, Vadiya, Yudhia
  
Baluchi
  
French Name
oriya
  
baloutchi
  
German Name
Oriya-Sprache
  
Belutschisch
  
Pronunciation
[ˈoɽia]
  
Not available
  
Ethnicity
Odias
  
Predominantly Baloch, some Brahui
  
Origin
3 BC
  
19th Century
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Indic
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Standard Odia
  
Balochi
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Indian Signing System
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
or
  
No data available
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
ori
  
bal
  
ISO 639 2/B
ori
  
bal
  
ISO 639 3
ori
  
bal
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
macr1269
  
balo1260
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
58-AAB-a
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Oriya and Balochi 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 Balochi greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Oriya and Balochi language. Oriya word for "Hello" is ନମସ୍କାର (namascara) or Balochi word for "Thank You" is mana bebahgsh. Find more of such common Oriya Greetings and Balochi Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Oriya vs Balochi Difficulty
The Oriya vs Balochi difficulty level basically depends on the number of Oriya Alphabets and Balochi 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 Balochi are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Oriya and Balochi, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Oriya is 44 weeks while to learn Balochi time required is 44 weeks.