Countries
India
  
Benin, Nigeria
  
National Language
India
  
Nigeria
  
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
  
Africa, Brazil, Togo, United Kingdom, United States of America
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Yoruba Academy
  
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.
  
- One of the largest African ethnic groups is Yoruba in south of Sahara Desert.
- In Yoruba language, same combination of vowels and consonants have different meanings depending on the pitch of the vowels, so it is tonal language.
  
Similar To
Bengali and Assamese
  
Owo and Itsekiri languages
  
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Oriya-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Yoruba-Alphabet.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Bengali, Odia alphabet (Brahmic)
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
ନମସ୍କାର (namascara)
  
Ẹ n lẹ
  
Thank You
ଧନ୍ୟବାଦ୍ (dhanyabaad)
  
e dupe
  
How Are You?
କେମିତି ଅତ୍ଚନ୍ଥି? (kemiti achanti?)
  
Bawo ni o se wa
  
Good Night
ସୁଭରାତ୍ର (shubharaatra)
  
Kasun layọ o
  
Good Evening
ସୁଭସନ୍ଧ୍ୟା (subha sandhya)
  
ka a ale
  
Good Afternoon
ସୁଭ ଖରା ବେଳ (shubha kharaa bela)
  
e kaasan
  
Good Morning
ସୁପ୍ରଭାତ (suprabhaata)
  
e kaaro
  
Please
Not Available
  
Jowo
  
Sorry
ମୁଁ ଦୁଃଖିତ (mū duḥkhita)
  
binu
  
Bye
ସୁବିଦାୟ (shubidaaya)
  
bye
  
I Love You
ମୁଁ ତୁମକୁ ଭଲ ପାଏ (mu tumoku bhala paye)
  
mo nifẹ rẹ
  
Excuse Me
କ୍ଷମା କରିବେ (kyamā karibe)
  
mo tọrọ gafara
  
Dialect 1
Baleswari
  
Itsekiri
  
Where They Speak
India
  
Nigeria
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Ganjami
  
Ede
  
Where They Speak
India
  
Benin, Togo
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Kosli
  
Ulukwumi
  
Where They Speak
India
  
Nigeria
  
How Many People Speak?
33.00 million
  
34
30.00 million
  
36
Native Speakers
33.00 million
  
28
28.00 million
  
29
Native Name
ଓଡ଼ିଆ (ōṛiyā)
  
Yorùbá
  
Alternative Names
Odisha, Odri, Odrum, Oliya, Uriya, Utkali, Vadiya, Yudhia
  
Yariba, Yooba
  
French Name
oriya
  
yoruba
  
German Name
Oriya-Sprache
  
Yoruba-Sprache
  
Pronunciation
[ˈoɽia]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Odias
  
Yoruba people
  
Origin
3 BC
  
4 BC
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Niger-Congo Family
  
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
  
Western Sudanic
  
Branch
Indic
  
Kwa
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Standard Odia
  
Yorùbá
  
Signed Forms
Indian Signing System
  
Yoruba Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
or
  
yo
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
ori
  
yor
  
ISO 639 2/B
ori
  
yor
  
ISO 639 3
ori
  
yor
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
macr1269
  
yoru1245
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Analytic, Isolating
  
Oriya and Yoruba 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 Yoruba greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Oriya and Yoruba language. Oriya word for "Hello" is ନମସ୍କାର (namascara) or Yoruba word for "Thank You" is e dupe. Find more of such common Oriya Greetings and Yoruba Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Oriya vs Yoruba Difficulty
The Oriya vs Yoruba difficulty level basically depends on the number of Oriya Alphabets and Yoruba 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 Yoruba are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Oriya and Yoruba, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Oriya is 44 weeks while to learn Yoruba time required is 30 weeks.