Countries
India
  
Iraq, Kurdistan
  
National Language
India
  
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Turkey
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Middle East
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
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.
  
- The vocabulary in Kurdish is of Iranian origin.
- In the middle East, Kurdish is the fourth largest ethnic group.
  
Similar To
Bengali and Assamese
  
Farsi Language
  
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Oriya-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Kurdish-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Bengali, Odia alphabet (Brahmic)
  
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
ନମସ୍କାର (namascara)
  
Silaw
  
Thank You
ଧନ୍ୟବାଦ୍ (dhanyabaad)
  
Sipas
  
How Are You?
କେମିତି ଅତ୍ଚନ୍ଥି? (kemiti achanti?)
  
Tu çawa yî?
  
Good Night
ସୁଭରାତ୍ର (shubharaatra)
  
Şev xweş
  
Good Evening
ସୁଭସନ୍ଧ୍ୟା (subha sandhya)
  
Evare baş
  
Good Afternoon
ସୁଭ ଖରା ବେଳ (shubha kharaa bela)
  
Nee-wa-rowt bash
  
Good Morning
ସୁପ୍ରଭାତ (suprabhaata)
  
Bayanit bash
  
Please
Not Available
  
Bê zehmet
  
Sorry
ମୁଁ ଦୁଃଖିତ (mū duḥkhita)
  
Bibûre
  
Bye
ସୁବିଦାୟ (shubidaaya)
  
Be xêr çî
  
I Love You
ମୁଁ ତୁମକୁ ଭଲ ପାଏ (mu tumoku bhala paye)
  
Ez te hez dikem
  
Excuse Me
କ୍ଷମା କରିବେ (kyamā karibe)
  
Bê zehmet
  
Dialect 1
Baleswari
  
Northern Kurdish
  
Where They Speak
India
  
northern Iraq, northern Syria, northwest Iran, southeast Turkey
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
20,000,000.00
  
10
Dialect 2
Ganjami
  
Central Kurdish
  
Where They Speak
India
  
Iraq, Kurdistan Province of western Iran
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
5,000,000.00
  
14
Dialect 3
Kosli
  
Southern Kurdish
  
Where They Speak
India
  
Eastern Iraq
  
How Many People Speak
3,000,000.00
  
12
How Many People Speak?
33.00 million
  
34
28.00 million
  
38
Native Speakers
33.00 million
  
28
21.00 million
  
36
Native Name
ଓଡ଼ିଆ (ōṛiyā)
  
Kurdí / کوردی / к’öрди
  
Alternative Names
Odisha, Odri, Odrum, Oliya, Uriya, Utkali, Vadiya, Yudhia
  
Not Available
  
French Name
oriya
  
kurde
  
German Name
Oriya-Sprache
  
Kurdisch
  
Pronunciation
[ˈoɽia]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Odias
  
Kurds
  
Origin
3 BC
  
16th century CE
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
  
Indo-Iranian
  
Branch
Indic
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Not Available
  
Standard Forms
Standard Odia
  
Kurdish
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Indian Signing System
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage
  
Macrolanguage
  
ISO 639 1
or
  
ku
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
ori
  
kur
  
ISO 639 2/B
ori
  
kur
  
ISO 639 3
ori
  
kur
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
macr1269
  
kurd1259
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
58-AAA-a
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Oriya and Kurdish 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 Kurdish greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Oriya and Kurdish language. Oriya word for "Hello" is ନମସ୍କାର (namascara) or Kurdish word for "Thank You" is Sipas. Find more of such common Oriya Greetings and Kurdish Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Oriya vs Kurdish Difficulty
The Oriya vs Kurdish difficulty level basically depends on the number of Oriya Alphabets and Kurdish 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 Kurdish are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Oriya and Kurdish, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Oriya is 44 weeks while to learn Kurdish time required is 4 weeks.