Countries
India
  
India, Nepal
  
National Language
India
  
Nepal
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Republic of Brazil
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
People's Republic of China
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Language Academy of Nepal
  
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.
  
- Before the term "Nepali" was coined, historically the language was first called the Khas language, Gorkhali or Gukhali.
- Nepali has borrowed many loanwords from neighboring Tibeto-Burmese languages.
  
Similar To
Bengali and Assamese
  
Hindi
  
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
  
Sanskrit Language
  
Alphabets in
Oriya-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Nepali-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Bengali, Odia alphabet (Brahmic)
  
Devanagari
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
ନମସ୍କାର (namascara)
  
नमस्ते (namaste)
  
Thank You
ଧନ୍ୟବାଦ୍ (dhanyabaad)
  
धन्यवाद (dhanyabad)
  
How Are You?
କେମିତି ଅତ୍ଚନ୍ଥି? (kemiti achanti?)
  
तिमीलाई कस्तो छ? (timi lai kasto cha?)
  
Good Night
ସୁଭରାତ୍ର (shubharaatra)
  
शुभ रात्री (subha ratri)
  
Good Evening
ସୁଭସନ୍ଧ୍ୟା (subha sandhya)
  
शुभ सन्ध्या (subha sandhya)
  
Good Afternoon
ସୁଭ ଖରା ବେଳ (shubha kharaa bela)
  
Good afternoon
  
Good Morning
ସୁପ୍ରଭାତ (suprabhaata)
  
शुभ प्रभात (subha prabhat)
  
Please
Not Available
  
कृपया
  
Sorry
ମୁଁ ଦୁଃଖିତ (mū duḥkhita)
  
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)
  
Bye
ସୁବିଦାୟ (shubidaaya)
  
नमस्ते (namaste)
  
I Love You
ମୁଁ ତୁମକୁ ଭଲ ପାଏ (mu tumoku bhala paye)
  
म तपाइलाइ माया गर्छु। (ma tapainlai maya garchu)
  
Excuse Me
କ୍ଷମା କରିବେ (kyamā karibe)
  
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)
  
Dialect 1
Baleswari
  
Doteli
  
Where They Speak
India
  
Nepal
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Ganjami
  
Bajhangi
  
Where They Speak
India
  
India, Nepal
  
Dialect 3
Kosli
  
Baitadeli
  
Where They Speak
India
  
Nepal
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
33.00 million
  
34
30.00 million
  
36
Native Speakers
33.00 million
  
28
25.00 million
  
32
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
5.00 million
  
29
Native Name
ଓଡ଼ିଆ (ōṛiyā)
  
नेपाली (nēpālī)
  
Alternative Names
Odisha, Odri, Odrum, Oliya, Uriya, Utkali, Vadiya, Yudhia
  
Eastern Pahadi, Gorkhali, Gurkhali, Khaskura, Nepalese, Parbate
  
French Name
oriya
  
népalais
  
German Name
Oriya-Sprache
  
Nepali
  
Pronunciation
[ˈoɽia]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Odias
  
Gurkha, Khas people, Madhesi and Tharu
  
Origin
3 BC
  
19 BC
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
  
Indo-Iranian
  
Branch
Indic
  
Indic
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Khas language, Gurkhali, Parbatiya, Dzongkha Lhotshammikha
  
Standard Forms
Standard Odia
  
Nepali
  
Signed Forms
Indian Signing System
  
Signed Nepali
  
Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage
  
Individual, Macrolanguage
  
ISO 639 1
or
  
ne
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
ori
  
nep
  
ISO 639 2/B
ori
  
nep
  
ISO 639 3
ori
  
npi
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
macr1269
  
nepa1254
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
12
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Agglutinative
  
Oriya and Nepali 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 Nepali greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Oriya and Nepali language. Oriya word for "Hello" is ନମସ୍କାର (namascara) or Nepali word for "Thank You" is धन्यवाद (dhanyabad). Find more of such common Oriya Greetings and Nepali Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Oriya vs Nepali Difficulty
The Oriya vs Nepali difficulty level basically depends on the number of Oriya Alphabets and Nepali 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 Nepali are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Oriya and Nepali, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Oriya is 44 weeks while to learn Nepali time required is 44 weeks.