Countries
India
  
India
  
National Language
India
  
India
  
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.
  
- Sanskrit language has highest number of vocabularies than any other language.
- Sanskrit Language has proved to help in speech therapy, also it increases concentration and helps to learn maths and science better.
  
Similar To
Bengali and Assamese
  
Old German Language
  
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
  
Prakrit Language
  
Alphabets in
Oriya-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Sanskrit-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)
  
नमस्कारः (namaskāraḥ)
  
Thank You
ଧନ୍ୟବାଦ୍ (dhanyabaad)
  
धन्यवादाः (dhanyawādāh)
  
How Are You?
କେମିତି ଅତ୍ଚନ୍ଥି? (kemiti achanti?)
  
कथमस्ति भवान् (kathamasti bhawān)
  
Good Night
ସୁଭରାତ୍ର (shubharaatra)
  
शुभरात्री (shubharātrī)
  
Good Evening
ସୁଭସନ୍ଧ୍ୟା (subha sandhya)
  
शुभः सायंकालः
  
Good Afternoon
ସୁଭ ଖରା ବେଳ (shubha kharaa bela)
  
शुभ दुपार
  
Good Morning
ସୁପ୍ରଭାତ (suprabhaata)
  
सुप्रभातम् (suprabhātam)
  
Please
Not Available
  
कृपया (kripayā)
  
Sorry
ମୁଁ ଦୁଃଖିତ (mū duḥkhita)
  
कृपया क्षम्यताम् (kripayā kshamyatām)
  
Bye
ସୁବିଦାୟ (shubidaaya)
  
पुनः मिलामः(punah milamah)
  
I Love You
ମୁଁ ତୁମକୁ ଭଲ ପାଏ (mu tumoku bhala paye)
  
त्वामनुरजामि (twāmanurajāmi)
  
Excuse Me
କ୍ଷମା କରିବେ (kyamā karibe)
  
कृपया क्षम्यताम् (kripayā kshamyatām)
  
Dialect 1
Baleswari
  
Not present
  
Where They Speak
India
  
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Ganjami
  
Not present
  
Where They Speak
India
  
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Kosli
  
Not present
  
Where They Speak
India
  
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Total No. Of Dialects
0
  
How Many People Speak?
33.00 million
  
34
14.10 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
33.00 million
  
28
14.10 million
  
99+
Native Name
ଓଡ଼ିଆ (ōṛiyā)
  
संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam)
  
Alternative Names
Odisha, Odri, Odrum, Oliya, Uriya, Utkali, Vadiya, Yudhia
  
Not Available
  
French Name
oriya
  
sanskrit
  
German Name
Oriya-Sprache
  
Sanskrit
  
Pronunciation
[ˈoɽia]
  
[səmskr̩t̪əm]
  
Ethnicity
Odias
  
Not Available
  
Origin
3 BC
  
2000 B.C.
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
  
Indo-Iranian
  
Branch
Indic
  
Indic
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Vedic Sanskrit
  
Standard Forms
Standard Odia
  
Sanskrit
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Indian Signing System
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
or
  
sa
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
ori
  
san
  
ISO 639 2/B
ori
  
san
  
ISO 639 3
ori
  
san
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
macr1269
  
sans1269
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Ancient
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Synthetic
  
Oriya and Sanskrit 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 Sanskrit greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Oriya and Sanskrit language. Oriya word for "Hello" is ନମସ୍କାର (namascara) or Sanskrit word for "Thank You" is धन्यवादाः (dhanyawādāh). Find more of such common Oriya Greetings and Sanskrit Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Oriya vs Sanskrit Difficulty
The Oriya vs Sanskrit difficulty level basically depends on the number of Oriya Alphabets and Sanskrit 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 Sanskrit are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Oriya and Sanskrit, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Oriya is 44 weeks while to learn Sanskrit time required is 20 weeks.