Countries
India
  
Philippines
  
National Language
India
  
Philippines
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Philippines
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Visayan Academy of Arts and Letters
  
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.
  
- About one-fifth of the population of the philippines speak cebuano and are second largest ethnolinguistic group in the country.
- Cebuano contains many words of Spanish origin.
  
Similar To
Bengali and Assamese
  
Hiligaynon Language
  
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
  
Island of Cebu
  
Alphabets in
Oriya-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Cebuano-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Bengali, Odia alphabet (Brahmic)
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
ନମସ୍କାର (namascara)
  
Hoy
  
Thank You
ଧନ୍ୟବାଦ୍ (dhanyabaad)
  
Salamat
  
How Are You?
କେମିତି ଅତ୍ଚନ୍ଥି? (kemiti achanti?)
  
Kumusta man ka?
  
Good Night
ସୁଭରାତ୍ର (shubharaatra)
  
Maayong Gabii
  
Good Evening
ସୁଭସନ୍ଧ୍ୟା (subha sandhya)
  
Maayong Gabii
  
Good Afternoon
ସୁଭ ଖରା ବେଳ (shubha kharaa bela)
  
Maayong Hapon
  
Good Morning
ସୁପ୍ରଭାତ (suprabhaata)
  
Maayong Buntag
  
Please
Not Available
  
Palihug
  
Sorry
ମୁଁ ଦୁଃଖିତ (mū duḥkhita)
  
Ikasubo ko
  
Bye
ସୁବିଦାୟ (shubidaaya)
  
Babay
  
I Love You
ମୁଁ ତୁମକୁ ଭଲ ପାଏ (mu tumoku bhala paye)
  
Gihigugma ko ikaw
  
Excuse Me
କ୍ଷମା କରିବେ (kyamā karibe)
  
Ekskyus mi
  
Dialect 1
Baleswari
  
Boholano
  
Where They Speak
India
  
Bohol
  
Dialect 2
Ganjami
  
Southern Kana
  
Where They Speak
India
  
southern Leyte
  
Dialect 3
Kosli
  
North Kana
  
Where They Speak
India
  
northern part of Leyte
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
33.00 million
  
34
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
33.00 million
  
28
21.00 million
  
36
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
14.50 million
  
19
Native Name
ଓଡ଼ିଆ (ōṛiyā)
  
Visayan
  
Alternative Names
Odisha, Odri, Odrum, Oliya, Uriya, Utkali, Vadiya, Yudhia
  
Binisaya, Bisayan, Sebuano, Sugbuanon, Sugbuhanon, Visayan
  
French Name
oriya
  
cebuano
  
German Name
Oriya-Sprache
  
Cebuano
  
Pronunciation
[ˈoɽia]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Odias
  
Cebuano people
  
Origin
3 BC
  
16th century
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Austronesian Family
  
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Indic
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Standard Odia
  
Standard Cebuano
  
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
  
ceb
  
ISO 639 2/B
ori
  
ceb
  
ISO 639 3
ori
  
ceb
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
macr1269
  
cebu1242
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
No data Available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Verb-Subject-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Oriya and Cebuano 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 Cebuano greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Oriya and Cebuano language. Oriya word for "Hello" is ନମସ୍କାର (namascara) or Cebuano word for "Thank You" is Salamat. Find more of such common Oriya Greetings and Cebuano Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Oriya vs Cebuano Difficulty
The Oriya vs Cebuano difficulty level basically depends on the number of Oriya Alphabets and Cebuano 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 Cebuano are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Oriya and Cebuano, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Oriya is 44 weeks while to learn Cebuano time required is 3 weeks.