Countries
India
  
East Java, Island of Madura, North Java, Sapudi Islands, Singapore
  
National Language
India
  
Indonesia, Island of Madura
  
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
  
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.
  
- There is unique pronunciation system in the Madurese language.
- Madurese was first written using Javanese Alphabets.
  
Similar To
Bengali and Assamese
  
Malay and Javanese Languages
  
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Oriya-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Madurese-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Bengali, Odia alphabet (Brahmic)
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
ନମସ୍କାର (namascara)
  
Halo
  
Thank You
ଧନ୍ୟବାଦ୍ (dhanyabaad)
  
matur nuwun
  
How Are You?
କେମିତି ଅତ୍ଚନ୍ଥି? (kemiti achanti?)
  
piye kabare?
  
Good Night
ସୁଭରାତ୍ର (shubharaatra)
  
wengi sing apik
  
Good Evening
ସୁଭସନ୍ଧ୍ୟା (subha sandhya)
  
Sugeng sọnten
  
Good Afternoon
ସୁଭ ଖରା ବେଳ (shubha kharaa bela)
  
Sugeng siang
  
Good Morning
ସୁପ୍ରଭାତ (suprabhaata)
  
Sugeng énjing
  
Please
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Sorry
ମୁଁ ଦୁଃଖିତ (mū duḥkhita)
  
Nyuwun pangapunten
  
Bye
ସୁବିଦାୟ (shubidaaya)
  
Not Available
  
I Love You
ମୁଁ ତୁମକୁ ଭଲ ପାଏ (mu tumoku bhala paye)
  
Kula tresna panjengan
  
Excuse Me
କ୍ଷମା କରିବେ (kyamā karibe)
  
Nuwun séwu
  
Dialect 1
Baleswari
  
Kangean
  
Where They Speak
India
  
Indonesia
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Ganjami
  
Bawean
  
Where They Speak
India
  
Indonesia
  
Dialect 3
Kosli
  
Bangkalan
  
Where They Speak
India
  
Indonesia
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
33.00 million
  
34
15.00 million
  
99+
Native Speakers
33.00 million
  
28
15.00 million
  
40
Native Name
ଓଡ଼ିଆ (ōṛiyā)
  
Madurese
  
Alternative Names
Odisha, Odri, Odrum, Oliya, Uriya, Utkali, Vadiya, Yudhia
  
Basa Mathura, Madhura, Madura
  
French Name
oriya
  
madourais
  
German Name
Oriya-Sprache
  
Maduresisch
  
Pronunciation
[ˈoɽia]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Odias
  
Madurese
  
Origin
3 BC
  
Not Available
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Austronesian Family
  
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
  
Indonesian
  
Branch
Indic
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Standard Odia
  
Madurese
  
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
  
mad
  
ISO 639 2/B
ori
  
mad
  
ISO 639 3
ori
  
mad
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
macr1269
  
madu1247
  
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 Madurese 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 Madurese greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Oriya and Madurese language. Oriya word for "Hello" is ନମସ୍କାର (namascara) or Madurese word for "Thank You" is matur nuwun. Find more of such common Oriya Greetings and Madurese Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Oriya vs Madurese Difficulty
The Oriya vs Madurese difficulty level basically depends on the number of Oriya Alphabets and Madurese 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 Madurese are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Oriya and Madurese, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Oriya is 44 weeks while to learn Madurese time required is 44 weeks.