Countries
India
  
South Africa
  
National Language
India
  
South Africa
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Lesotho, South Africa
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Africa
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Botswana, Lesotho
  
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.
  
- Xhosa has 15 click sounds, borrowed from the khoi-khoi and san languages of the South Africa.
- The same sequence of consonants and vowels can have different meaning when said with different tones, so Xhosa is tonal.
  
Similar To
Bengali and Assamese
  
Zulu, Swazi, and Ndebele
  
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
  
Khoi-Khoi and San Languages
  
Alphabets in
Oriya-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Xhosa-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Bengali, Odia alphabet (Brahmic)
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
ନମସ୍କାର (namascara)
  
Molo
  
Thank You
ଧନ୍ୟବାଦ୍ (dhanyabaad)
  
Ndiyabulela
  
How Are You?
କେମିତି ଅତ୍ଚନ୍ଥି? (kemiti achanti?)
  
Unjani
  
Good Night
ସୁଭରାତ୍ର (shubharaatra)
  
Ulale kakuhle
  
Good Evening
ସୁଭସନ୍ଧ୍ୟା (subha sandhya)
  
Ubusuku obuhle
  
Good Afternoon
ସୁଭ ଖରା ବେଳ (shubha kharaa bela)
  
Uben' emva kwemini entle
  
Good Morning
ସୁପ୍ରଭାତ (suprabhaata)
  
Molo
  
Please
Not Available
  
Ndicela
  
Sorry
ମୁଁ ଦୁଃଖିତ (mū duḥkhita)
  
Ndicela uxolo
  
Bye
ସୁବିଦାୟ (shubidaaya)
  
Uhambe/Usale kakuhle
  
I Love You
ମୁଁ ତୁମକୁ ଭଲ ପାଏ (mu tumoku bhala paye)
  
Ndiyakuthanda
  
Excuse Me
କ୍ଷମା କରିବେ (kyamā karibe)
  
Uxolo
  
Dialect 1
Baleswari
  
Gcaleka
  
Where They Speak
India
  
South Africa
  
Dialect 2
Ganjami
  
Thembu
  
Where They Speak
India
  
South Africa
  
Dialect 3
Kosli
  
Hlubi
  
Where They Speak
India
  
South Africa
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
33.00 million
  
34
20.00 million
  
99+
Native Speakers
33.00 million
  
28
8.20 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
11.00 million
  
21
Native Name
ଓଡ଼ିଆ (ōṛiyā)
  
isiXhosa
  
Alternative Names
Odisha, Odri, Odrum, Oliya, Uriya, Utkali, Vadiya, Yudhia
  
“Cauzuh” (pej.), Isixhosa, Koosa, Xosa
  
French Name
oriya
  
xhosa
  
German Name
Oriya-Sprache
  
Xhosa-Sprache
  
Pronunciation
[ˈoɽia]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Odias
  
amaXhosa, amaBhaca
  
Origin
3 BC
  
16th Century
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Niger-Congo Family
  
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
  
Benue-Congo
  
Branch
Indic
  
Bantu
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Standard Odia
  
isiXhosa
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Indian Signing System
  
Signed Xhosa
  
Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
or
  
xh
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
ori
  
xho
  
ISO 639 2/B
ori
  
xho
  
ISO 639 3
ori
  
xho
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
macr1269
  
xhos1239
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
99-AUT-fa
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Oriya and Xhosa 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 Xhosa greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Oriya and Xhosa language. Oriya word for "Hello" is ନମସ୍କାର (namascara) or Xhosa word for "Thank You" is Ndiyabulela. Find more of such common Oriya Greetings and Xhosa Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Oriya vs Xhosa Difficulty
The Oriya vs Xhosa difficulty level basically depends on the number of Oriya Alphabets and Xhosa 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 Xhosa are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Oriya and Xhosa, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Oriya is 44 weeks while to learn Xhosa time required is 44 weeks.