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