Countries
India
  
India, Pakistan
  
National Language
India
  
Pakistan
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Pakistan
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Asia, Oceania
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
India
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
National Council for Promotion of Urdu Language, India, National Language Authority, Pakistan
  
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.
  
- Urdu is a language of beauty and grace, that adds meaning to prose and charm to poetry.
- Different languages such as Arabic, Persian and Turkish gave birth and richness to Urdu.
  
Similar To
Bengali and Assamese
  
Arabic and Hindi Languages
  
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
  
Ghaznavid Persian Language
  
Alphabets in
Oriya-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Urdu-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Bengali, Odia alphabet (Brahmic)
  
Arabic
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
ନମସ୍କାର (namascara)
  
خوش آمديد
  
Thank You
ଧନ୍ୟବାଦ୍ (dhanyabaad)
  
آپ کا شکریہ
  
How Are You?
କେମିତି ଅତ୍ଚନ୍ଥି? (kemiti achanti?)
  
آپ کیسے ہیں؟
  
Good Night
ସୁଭରାତ୍ର (shubharaatra)
  
گڈ نائٹ
  
Good Evening
ସୁଭସନ୍ଧ୍ୟା (subha sandhya)
  
سلام علیکم
  
Good Afternoon
ସୁଭ ଖରା ବେଳ (shubha kharaa bela)
  
گڈ آفٹر نون
  
Good Morning
ସୁପ୍ରଭାତ (suprabhaata)
  
گڈ مارننگ
  
Please
Not Available
  
براہ مہربانی
  
Sorry
ମୁଁ ଦୁଃଖିତ (mū duḥkhita)
  
معاف کرنا
  
Bye
ସୁବିଦାୟ (shubidaaya)
  
الوداع
  
I Love You
ମୁଁ ତୁମକୁ ଭଲ ପାଏ (mu tumoku bhala paye)
  
مجھے تم سے محبت
  
Excuse Me
କ୍ଷମା କରିବେ (kyamā karibe)
  
معاف کیجئے گا
  
Dialect 1
Baleswari
  
Dakhini
  
Where They Speak
India
  
India
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
11,000,000.00
  
12
Dialect 2
Ganjami
  
Hyderabadi Urdu
  
Where They Speak
India
  
India
  
Dialect 3
Kosli
  
Rekhta
  
Where They Speak
India
  
South Asia
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
33.00 million
  
34
104.00 million
  
15
Native Speakers
33.00 million
  
28
61.00 million
  
19
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
43.00 million
  
14
Native Name
ଓଡ଼ିଆ (ōṛiyā)
  
اُردُو
  
Alternative Names
Odisha, Odri, Odrum, Oliya, Uriya, Utkali, Vadiya, Yudhia
  
Bihari
  
French Name
oriya
  
ourdou
  
German Name
Oriya-Sprache
  
Urdu
  
Pronunciation
[ˈoɽia]
  
[ˈʊrd̪u]
  
Ethnicity
Odias
  
Not Available
  
Origin
3 BC
  
12th Century CE
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
  
Indo-Iranian
  
Branch
Indic
  
Indic
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Standard Odia
  
Modern Standard Urdu
  
Signed Forms
Indian Signing System
  
Signed Urdu
  
Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
or
  
ur
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
ori
  
urd
  
ISO 639 2/B
ori
  
urd
  
ISO 639 3
ori
  
urd
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
macr1269
  
urdu1245
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
59-AAF-q
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Fusional
  
Oriya and Urdu 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 Urdu greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Oriya and Urdu language. Oriya word for "Hello" is ନମସ୍କାର (namascara) or Urdu word for "Thank You" is آپ کا شکریہ. Find more of such common Oriya Greetings and Urdu Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Oriya vs Urdu Difficulty
The Oriya vs Urdu difficulty level basically depends on the number of Oriya Alphabets and Urdu 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 Urdu are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Oriya and Urdu, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Oriya is 44 weeks while to learn Urdu time required is 44 weeks.