Countries
India
  
India, Karnataka, India
  
National Language
India
  
Karnataka, India
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Goa
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Andra Pradesh, Goa, kerala, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Telangana
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Various academies and the Government of Karnataka
  
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.
  
- Kannada is the third oldest language after Sanskrit and Tamil of India
- Kannada language is only Indian language which got maximum i.e. 8 GyanaPeetha Awards.
  
Similar To
Bengali and Assamese
  
Telugu
  
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
  
Sanskrit Language
  
Alphabets in
Oriya-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Kannada-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Bengali, Odia alphabet (Brahmic)
  
Kannada Script
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
ନମସ୍କାର (namascara)
  
ಹಲೋ (Halō)
  
Thank You
ଧନ୍ୟବାଦ୍ (dhanyabaad)
  
ಧನ್ಯವಾದಗಳು (Dhan'yavādagaḷu)
  
How Are You?
କେମିତି ଅତ୍ଚନ୍ଥି? (kemiti achanti?)
  
ನೀವು ಹೇಗಿದ್ದೀರಿ? (Nīvu hēgiddīri?)
  
Good Night
ସୁଭରାତ୍ର (shubharaatra)
  
ಶುಭ ರಾತ್ರಿ (Śubha rātri)
  
Good Evening
ସୁଭସନ୍ଧ୍ୟା (subha sandhya)
  
ಶುಭ ಸಂಜೆ (Śubha san̄je)
  
Good Afternoon
ସୁଭ ଖରା ବେଳ (shubha kharaa bela)
  
ಉತ್ತಮ ಮಧ್ಯಾಹ್ನ (Uttama madhyāhna)
  
Good Morning
ସୁପ୍ରଭାତ (suprabhaata)
  
ಶುಭೋದಯ (Śubhōdaya)
  
Please
Not Available
  
ದಯವಿಟ್ಟು (Dayaviṭṭu)
  
Sorry
ମୁଁ ଦୁଃଖିତ (mū duḥkhita)
  
ಕ್ಷಮಿಸಿ (Kṣamisi)
  
Bye
ସୁବିଦାୟ (shubidaaya)
  
ಬೈ (Bai)
  
I Love You
ମୁଁ ତୁମକୁ ଭଲ ପାଏ (mu tumoku bhala paye)
  
ನಾನು ನಿನ್ನ ಪ್ರೀತಿಸುತ್ತೇನೆ (Nānu ninna prītisuttēne)
  
Excuse Me
କ୍ଷମା କରିବେ (kyamā karibe)
  
ಕ್ಷಮಿಸಿ (kshamisi)
  
Dialect 1
Baleswari
  
Badaga
  
Where They Speak
India
  
Tamil Nadu, The Nilgiris
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Ganjami
  
Urali
  
Where They Speak
India
  
kerala
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Kosli
  
Kurumba
  
Where They Speak
India
  
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu
  
How Many People Speak?
33.00 million
  
34
49.00 million
  
29
Native Speakers
33.00 million
  
28
38.00 million
  
26
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
11.00 million
  
21
Native Name
ଓଡ଼ିଆ (ōṛiyā)
  
ಕನ್ನಡ (kannaḍa)
  
Alternative Names
Odisha, Odri, Odrum, Oliya, Uriya, Utkali, Vadiya, Yudhia
  
Banglori, Canarese, Havyaka, Kanarese, Madrassi
  
French Name
oriya
  
kannada
  
German Name
Oriya-Sprache
  
Kannada
  
Pronunciation
[ˈoɽia]
  
[ˈkʌnnəɖɑː]
  
Ethnicity
Odias
  
Kannadiga
  
Origin
3 BC
  
c. 450
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Dravidian Family
  
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Indic
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Old Kannada, Kannada
  
Standard Forms
Standard Odia
  
Modern Kannada
  
Signed Forms
Indian Signing System
  
Indian Signing System (ISS)
  
Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
or
  
kn
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
ori
  
kan
  
ISO 639 2/B
ori
  
kan
  
ISO 639 3
ori
  
kan
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
macr1269
  
nucl1305
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Oriya and Kannada 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 Kannada greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Oriya and Kannada language. Oriya word for "Hello" is ନମସ୍କାର (namascara) or Kannada word for "Thank You" is ಧನ್ಯವಾದಗಳು (Dhan'yavādagaḷu). Find more of such common Oriya Greetings and Kannada Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Oriya vs Kannada Difficulty
The Oriya vs Kannada difficulty level basically depends on the number of Oriya Alphabets and Kannada 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 Kannada are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Oriya and Kannada, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Oriya is 44 weeks while to learn Kannada time required is 44 weeks.