Countries
India
  
Japan
  
National Language
India
  
Japan
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Asia, Pacific
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Palau
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Agency for Cultural Affairs (文化庁) at the Ministry of Education
  
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.
  
- In Japanese Language, there are 4 different ways to address people: kun, chan, san and sama.
- There are many words in Japanese language which end with vowel letter, which determines the structure and rhythm of Japanese.
  
Similar To
Bengali and Assamese
  
Korean Language
  
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Oriya-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Japanese-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Bengali, Odia alphabet (Brahmic)
  
Kana
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
ନମସ୍କାର (namascara)
  
こんにちは (Kon'nichiwa)
  
Thank You
ଧନ୍ୟବାଦ୍ (dhanyabaad)
  
ありがとう (Arigatō)
  
How Are You?
କେମିତି ଅତ୍ଚନ୍ଥି? (kemiti achanti?)
  
お元気ですか (O genki desu ka?)
  
Good Night
ସୁଭରାତ୍ର (shubharaatra)
  
おやすみなさい (Oyasuminasai)
  
Good Evening
ସୁଭସନ୍ଧ୍ୟା (subha sandhya)
  
こんばんは (Konbanwa)
  
Good Afternoon
ସୁଭ ଖରା ବେଳ (shubha kharaa bela)
  
こんにちは (Konnichiwa!)
  
Good Morning
ସୁପ୍ରଭାତ (suprabhaata)
  
おはよう (Ohayō)
  
Please
Not Available
  
お願いします (Onegaishimasu)
  
Sorry
ମୁଁ ଦୁଃଖିତ (mū duḥkhita)
  
ごめんなさい (Gomen'nasai)
  
Bye
ସୁବିଦାୟ (shubidaaya)
  
さようなら (Sayōnara)
  
I Love You
ମୁଁ ତୁମକୁ ଭଲ ପାଏ (mu tumoku bhala paye)
  
愛しています (Aishiteimasu)
  
Excuse Me
କ୍ଷମା କରିବେ (kyamā karibe)
  
すみません (Sumimasen)
  
Dialect 1
Baleswari
  
Sanuki
  
Where They Speak
India
  
Kagawa
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
1,000,000.00
  
28
Dialect 2
Ganjami
  
Hakata
  
Where They Speak
India
  
Fukuoka
  
Dialect 3
Kosli
  
Kansai
  
Where They Speak
India
  
kansai
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
33.00 million
  
34
128.00 million
  
14
Native Speakers
33.00 million
  
28
128.00 million
  
9
Native Name
ଓଡ଼ିଆ (ōṛiyā)
  
日本語
  
Alternative Names
Odisha, Odri, Odrum, Oliya, Uriya, Utkali, Vadiya, Yudhia
  
Not Available
  
French Name
oriya
  
japonais
  
German Name
Oriya-Sprache
  
Japanisch
  
Pronunciation
[ˈoɽia]
  
/nihoɴɡo/: [nihõŋɡo], [nihõŋŋo]
  
Ethnicity
Odias
  
Japanese (Yamato)
  
Origin
3 BC
  
1185
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Japonic Family
  
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Indic
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Old Japanese, Early Middle Japanese, Late Middle Japanese and Early Modern Japanese
  
Standard Forms
Standard Odia
  
Japanese
  
Signed Forms
Indian Signing System
  
Signed Japanese
  
Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
or
  
ja
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
ori
  
jpn
  
ISO 639 2/B
ori
  
jpn
  
ISO 639 3
ori
  
jpn
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
macr1269
  
nucl1643
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
45-CAA-a
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Agglutinative, Synthetic
  
Oriya and Japanese 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 Japanese greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Oriya and Japanese language. Oriya word for "Hello" is ନମସ୍କାର (namascara) or Japanese word for "Thank You" is ありがとう (Arigatō). Find more of such common Oriya Greetings and Japanese Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Oriya vs Japanese Difficulty
The Oriya vs Japanese difficulty level basically depends on the number of Oriya Alphabets and Japanese 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 Japanese are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Oriya and Japanese, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Oriya is 44 weeks while to learn Japanese time required is 88 weeks.