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Swahili and Oriya


Oriya and Swahili


Countries

Countries
African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community, Kenya  
India  

Total No. Of Countries
4  
11
1  
14

National Language
Burundi, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, South Sudan, Tanzania  
India  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Africa  
Asia  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
Chama cha Kiswahili cha Taifa (Kenya)  
Not Available  

Interesting Facts
  • Swahili language has borrowed many words from Arabic language.
  • The oldest written scripts in swahili language were found in 18th century.
    •   
  • 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.
  

Similar To
Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi Languages  
Bengali and Assamese  

Derived From
Arabic Language  
Sanskrit Language  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Swahili-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Oriya-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
24  
6
42  
22

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
11  
8

How Many Consonants
21  
11
31  
21

Scripts
Latin  
Bengali, Odia alphabet (Brahmic)  

Writing Direction
Not Available  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
36 weeks  
10
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
Habari  
ନମସ୍କାର (namascara)  

Thank You
Asante  
ଧନ୍ୟବାଦ୍ (dhanyabaad)  

How Are You?
Habari gani?  
କେମିତି ଅତ୍ଚନ୍ଥି? (kemiti achanti?)  

Good Night
Usiku mwema  
ସୁଭରାତ୍ର (shubharaatra)  

Good Evening
Habari za jioni  
ସୁଭସନ୍ଧ୍ୟା (subha sandhya)  

Good Afternoon
nzuri Alasiri  
ସୁଭ ଖରା ବେଳ (shubha kharaa bela)  

Good Morning
Habari za asubuhi  
ସୁପ୍ରଭାତ (suprabhaata)  

Please
tafadhali  
Not Available  

Sorry
pole  
ମୁଁ ଦୁଃଖିତ (mū duḥkhita)  

Bye
bye  
ସୁବିଦାୟ (shubidaaya)  

I Love You
nakupenda  
ମୁଁ ତୁମକୁ ଭଲ ପାଏ (mu tumoku bhala paye)  

Excuse Me
Samahani  
କ୍ଷମା କରିବେ (kyamā karibe)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Kiunguja  
Baleswari  

Where They Speak
Zanzibar island  
India  

Dialect 2
Kimrima  
Ganjami  

Where They Speak
Dar es Salaam  
India  

Dialect 3
Kimgao  
Kosli  

Where They Speak
Kilwa  
India  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
520,000.00  
21

Total No. Of Dialects
12  
12
8  
8

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
150.00 million  
13
33.00 million  
34

Speaking Population
Not Available  
0.50 %  
29

Native Speakers
15.00 million  
40
33.00 million  
28

Native Name
Not Available  
ଓଡ଼ିଆ (ōṛiyā)  

Alternative Names
Kisuaheli, Kiswahili  
Odisha, Odri, Odrum, Oliya, Uriya, Utkali, Vadiya, Yudhia  

French Name
swahili  
oriya  

German Name
Swahili  
Oriya-Sprache  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
[ˈoɽia]  

Ethnicity
Swahili people or Waswahili  
Odias  

History

Origin
6th century  
3 BC  

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Benue-Congo  
Indo-Iranian  

Branch
Bantu  
Indic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Swahili  
Standard Odia  

Language Position
Not Available  
32  
26

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Indian Signing System  

Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage  
Individual, Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
sw  
or  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
swa  
ori  

ISO 639 2/B
swa  
ori  

ISO 639 3
swa  
ori  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
swah1254  
macr1269  

Linguasphere
99-AUS-m  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available  
Subject-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available  
Not Available  

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All Swahili and Oriya Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Swahili and Oriya dialects. Various dialects of Swahili and Oriya language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Swahili are spoken in different Swahili Speaking Countries whereas Oriya Dialects are spoken in different Oriya speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Swahili vs Oriya Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Swahili dialects include: Kiunguja, Kimrima. Oriya dialects include: Baleswari , Ganjami. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Swahili and Oriya Speaking population

Swahili and Oriya speaking population is one of the factors based on which Swahili and Oriya languages can be compared. The total count of Swahili and Oriya Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Swahili language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Oriya language is 0.50 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Swahili and Oriya on Swahili vs Oriya where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Swahili and Oriya Language Codes

Swahili and Oriya language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Swahili and Oriya Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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