Countries
India
  
India, Nepal
  
National Language
India
  
India, Nepal
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Nepal
  
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.
  
- Earlier, Maithili language was considered as the dialect of Hindi and Bengali, however in the year 2003 Maithili achieved an independent language status in India.
- Maithili has rich literature.
  
Similar To
Bengali and Assamese
  
Bhojpuri Language
  
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Oriya-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Maithili-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
How Many Consonants
Not Available
  
Scripts
Bengali, Odia alphabet (Brahmic)
  
Devanagari
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Language Levels
Not Available
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
Hello
ନମସ୍କାର (namascara)
  
pranam
  
Thank You
ଧନ୍ୟବାଦ୍ (dhanyabaad)
  
dhanyabad
  
How Are You?
କେମିତି ଅତ୍ଚନ୍ଥି? (kemiti achanti?)
  
Aahan kehan chhi ?
  
Good Night
ସୁଭରାତ୍ର (shubharaatra)
  
Śubharātri
  
Good Evening
ସୁଭସନ୍ଧ୍ୟା (subha sandhya)
  
shubh sandhya
  
Good Afternoon
ସୁଭ ଖରା ବେଳ (shubha kharaa bela)
  
dopahar ke bad namaskar
  
Good Morning
ସୁପ୍ରଭାତ (suprabhaata)
  
Suprabhaat
  
Please
Not Available
  
kripaya
  
Sorry
ମୁଁ ଦୁଃଖିତ (mū duḥkhita)
  
maf karai
  
Bye
ସୁବିଦାୟ (shubidaaya)
  
Alavidā
  
I Love You
ମୁଁ ତୁମକୁ ଭଲ ପାଏ (mu tumoku bhala paye)
  
hawm ahāṃ se prem karechi
  
Excuse Me
କ୍ଷମା କରିବେ (kyamā karibe)
  
kripaya
  
Dialect 1
Baleswari
  
Tharuwat
  
Where They Speak
India
  
Nepal
  
Dialect 2
Ganjami
  
Madhubani
  
Where They Speak
India
  
North India
  
Dialect 3
Kosli
  
Khortha
  
Where They Speak
India
  
Deoghar, France
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
33.00 million
  
34
32.00 million
  
35
Native Speakers
33.00 million
  
28
27.00 million
  
30
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
2.80 million
  
33
Native Name
ଓଡ଼ିଆ (ōṛiyā)
  
मैथिली (mɛtʰilī)
  
Alternative Names
Odisha, Odri, Odrum, Oliya, Uriya, Utkali, Vadiya, Yudhia
  
Apabhramsa, Bihari, Maitili, Maitli, Methli, Tirahutia, Tirhuti, Tirhutia
  
French Name
oriya
  
maithili
  
German Name
Oriya-Sprache
  
Maithili
  
Pronunciation
[ˈoɽia]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Odias
  
Maithil
  
Origin
3 BC
  
14th century
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Indic
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Standard Odia
  
Standard Maithili
  
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
  
mai
  
ISO 639 2/B
ori
  
mai
  
ISO 639 3
ori
  
mai
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
macr1269
  
mait1250
  
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 Maithili 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 Maithili greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Oriya and Maithili language. Oriya word for "Hello" is ନମସ୍କାର (namascara) or Maithili word for "Thank You" is dhanyabad. Find more of such common Oriya Greetings and Maithili Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Oriya vs Maithili Difficulty
The Oriya vs Maithili difficulty level basically depends on the number of Oriya Alphabets and Maithili 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 Maithili are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Oriya and Maithili, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Oriya is 44 weeks while to learn Maithili time required is Not Available.