National Language
India
India
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
Great Britain, Kenya, Malawi, Oman, Pakistan, Tanzania, Uganda, United States of America, Zambia
Regulated By
Not Available
NA
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.
- Gujarati was the first language of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi("Father of the Nation of India") and Vallabhbhai Patel ("Iron Man of India").
- Most of the words in Gujarati language are adopted from Sanskrit.
Similar To
Bengali and Assamese
Bengali Language
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
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Gujarati-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Bengali, Odia alphabet (Brahmic)
Devanagari
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Language Levels
Not Available
Hello
ନମସ୍କାର (namascara)
નમસ્તે (namaste)
Thank You
ଧନ୍ୟବାଦ୍ (dhanyabaad)
ધન્યવાદ (dhanvaad)
How Are You?
କେମିତି ଅତ୍ଚନ୍ଥି? (kemiti achanti?)
કેમ છો (kem cho?)
Good Night
ସୁଭରାତ୍ର (shubharaatra)
શુભ રાત્રે (shub rātrē)
Good Evening
ସୁଭସନ୍ଧ୍ୟା (subha sandhya)
સાંજે સારી (sān̄jē sārī)
Good Afternoon
ସୁଭ ଖରା ବେଳ (shubha kharaa bela)
સારા બપોરે (sārā bapōrē)
Good Morning
ସୁପ୍ରଭାତ (suprabhaata)
સુ પ્રભાત (su prabhat)
Please
Not Available
કૃપા કરીને(Kr̥pā karīnē)
Sorry
ମୁଁ ଦୁଃଖିତ (mū duḥkhita)
મન્ને મફ કરો (manne maaf karo)
Bye
ସୁବିଦାୟ (shubidaaya)
બાય (Bāya)
I Love You
ମୁଁ ତୁମକୁ ଭଲ ପାଏ (mu tumoku bhala paye)
હું તને પ્રેમ કરુ છું (hūṃ tane prem karū chūṃ)
Excuse Me
କ୍ଷମା କରିବେ (kyamā karibe)
માફ કરશો (Māpha karaśō)
Dialect 1
Baleswari
Kathiyawadi
Where They Speak
India
India, Mauritius, Oman, Pakistan, Singapore, South Africa, Tanzania, United Kingdom, United States of America
Where They Speak
India
India, Mauritius, Pakistan, Singapore, United Kingdom, United States of America
Dialect 3
Kosli
Not Available
Where They Speak
India
Not Available
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Native Name
ଓଡ଼ିଆ (ōṛiyā)
ગુજરાતી (gujarātī)
Alternative Names
Odisha, Odri, Odrum, Oliya, Uriya, Utkali, Vadiya, Yudhia
Gujerathi, Gujerati, Gujrathi
French Name
oriya
goudjrati
German Name
Oriya-Sprache
Gujarati-Sprache
Pronunciation
[ˈoɽia]
[ɡudʒəˈɾɑːt̪i]
Ethnicity
Odias
Gujaratis
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Indo-Iranian
Early Forms
No early forms
Old Gujarati
Standard Forms
Standard Odia
Modern Gujarati
Signed Forms
Indian Signing System
Not Available
Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
macr1269
guja1252
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Not Available
Oriya and Gujarati 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 Gujarati greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Oriya and Gujarati language. Oriya word for "Hello" is ନମସ୍କାର (namascara) or Gujarati word for "Thank You" is ધન્યવાદ (dhanvaad). Find more of such common Oriya Greetings and Gujarati Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Oriya vs Gujarati Difficulty
The Oriya vs Gujarati difficulty level basically depends on the number of Oriya Alphabets and Gujarati 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 Gujarati are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Oriya and Gujarati, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Oriya is 44 weeks while to learn Gujarati time required is 18 weeks.