Countries
India
  
Ethiopia, Kenya
  
National Language
India
  
Ethiopia
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Africa
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Somalia
  
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.
  
- Oromo language is the third most spoken language in Africa.
- Oromo is most spoken language in Cushitic Family.
  
Similar To
Bengali and Assamese
  
Somali Language
  
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Oriya-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Oromo-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Bengali, Odia alphabet (Brahmic)
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
Hello
ନମସ୍କାର (namascara)
  
akkam
  
Thank You
ଧନ୍ୟବାଦ୍ (dhanyabaad)
  
Galatoomi
  
How Are You?
କେମିତି ଅତ୍ଚନ୍ଥି? (kemiti achanti?)
  
Attam jirta/jirtu?
  
Good Night
ସୁଭରାତ୍ର (shubharaatra)
  
Nagayattii buli
  
Good Evening
ସୁଭସନ୍ଧ୍ୟା (subha sandhya)
  
Akkam waarite
  
Good Afternoon
ସୁଭ ଖରା ବେଳ (shubha kharaa bela)
  
Attam oolte / ooltan
  
Good Morning
ସୁପ୍ରଭାତ (suprabhaata)
  
Attam bulte/bultan
  
Please
Not Available
  
Maaloo
  
Sorry
ମୁଁ ଦୁଃଖିତ (mū duḥkhita)
  
naa dhiisi
  
Bye
ସୁବିଦାୟ (shubidaaya)
  
Nagayattii!
  
I Love You
ମୁଁ ତୁମକୁ ଭଲ ପାଏ (mu tumoku bhala paye)
  
Sin jaaladha
  
Excuse Me
କ୍ଷମା କରିବେ (kyamā karibe)
  
Maaloo na dabarsi
  
Dialect 1
Baleswari
  
Borana
  
Where They Speak
India
  
Ethiopia, Kenya
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
4,000,000.00
  
19
Dialect 2
Ganjami
  
Orma
  
Where They Speak
India
  
Kenya
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Kosli
  
Wata
  
Where They Speak
India
  
Kenya
  
How Many People Speak?
33.00 million
  
34
25.00 million
  
40
Native Speakers
33.00 million
  
28
24.00 million
  
33
Native Name
ଓଡ଼ିଆ (ōṛiyā)
  
Afaan Oromo
  
Alternative Names
Odisha, Odri, Odrum, Oliya, Uriya, Utkali, Vadiya, Yudhia
  
Afaan Oromoo
  
French Name
oriya
  
galla
  
German Name
Oriya-Sprache
  
Galla-Sprache
  
Pronunciation
[ˈoɽia]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Odias
  
Oromos
  
Origin
3 BC
  
16
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Afro-Asiatic Family
  
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
  
Cushitic
  
Branch
Indic
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Standard Odia
  
Afaan Oromo
  
Signed Forms
Indian Signing System
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage
  
Macrolanguage
  
ISO 639 1
or
  
om
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
ori
  
orm
  
ISO 639 2/B
ori
  
orm
  
ISO 639 3
ori
  
orm
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
macr1269
  
nucl1736
  
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 Oromo 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 Oromo greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Oriya and Oromo language. Oriya word for "Hello" is ନମସ୍କାର (namascara) or Oromo word for "Thank You" is Galatoomi. Find more of such common Oriya Greetings and Oromo Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Oriya vs Oromo Difficulty
The Oriya vs Oromo difficulty level basically depends on the number of Oriya Alphabets and Oromo 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 Oromo are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Oriya and Oromo, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Oriya is 44 weeks while to learn Oromo time required is Not Available.