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.
  
- Tulu script is similar to Thigalaya script, which was one of the earliest scripts such as Persian and Latin.
- Tulu is a protoDravidian i.e original language.
  
Similar To
Bengali and Assamese
  
Kannada Language
  
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Oriya-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Tulu-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Bengali, Odia alphabet (Brahmic)
  
Kannada Script
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
ନମସ୍କାର (namascara)
  
Namaskara
  
Thank You
ଧନ୍ୟବାଦ୍ (dhanyabaad)
  
Mast Upakara.
  
How Are You?
କେମିତି ଅତ୍ଚନ୍ଥି? (kemiti achanti?)
  
Yencha Ullar?
  
Good Night
ସୁଭରାତ୍ର (shubharaatra)
  
yedde rathre
  
Good Evening
ସୁଭସନ୍ଧ୍ୟା (subha sandhya)
  
yedde baiyya
  
Good Afternoon
ସୁଭ ଖରା ବେଳ (shubha kharaa bela)
  
yedde madhyana
  
Good Morning
ସୁପ୍ରଭାତ (suprabhaata)
  
yedde kaande
  
Please
Not Available
  
Daya maltadu
  
Sorry
ମୁଁ ଦୁଃଖିତ (mū duḥkhita)
  
Yenna thapu aandu
  
Bye
ସୁବିଦାୟ (shubidaaya)
  
Barpe
  
I Love You
ମୁଁ ତୁମକୁ ଭଲ ପାଏ (mu tumoku bhala paye)
  
Yank ninade preeti Malpuye
  
Excuse Me
କ୍ଷମା କରିବେ (kyamā karibe)
  
Kshamisi
  
Dialect 1
Baleswari
  
Brahmin tulu
  
Where They Speak
India
  
Tamil Nadu
  
Dialect 2
Ganjami
  
Jain
  
Where They Speak
India
  
Tamil Nadu
  
Dialect 3
Kosli
  
Girijan
  
Where They Speak
India
  
Tamil Nadu
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
33.00 million
  
34
1.70 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
33.00 million
  
28
1.70 million
  
99+
Native Name
ଓଡ଼ିଆ (ōṛiyā)
  
Tulu
  
Alternative Names
Odisha, Odri, Odrum, Oliya, Uriya, Utkali, Vadiya, Yudhia
  
Tal, Tallu, Thalu, Thulu, Tilu, Tullu, Tuluva Bhasa
  
French Name
oriya
  
Not Available
  
German Name
Oriya-Sprache
  
Not Available
  
Pronunciation
[ˈoɽia]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Odias
  
Tuluva
  
Origin
3 BC
  
14
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Dravidian Family
  
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Indic
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Standard Odia
  
Tulu
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
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
  
Not Available
  
ISO 639 2/B
ori
  
Not Available
  
ISO 639 3
ori
  
tcy
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
macr1269
  
tulu1258
  
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 Tulu 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 Tulu greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Oriya and Tulu language. Oriya word for "Hello" is ନମସ୍କାର (namascara) or Tulu word for "Thank You" is Mast Upakara.. Find more of such common Oriya Greetings and Tulu Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Oriya vs Tulu Difficulty
The Oriya vs Tulu difficulty level basically depends on the number of Oriya Alphabets and Tulu 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 Tulu are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Oriya and Tulu, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Oriya is 44 weeks while to learn Tulu time required is 44 weeks.