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Bengali and Oriya


Oriya and Bengali


Countries

Countries
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Bangladesh, India, Sierra Leone  
India  

Total No. Of Countries
4  
11
1  
14

National Language
Bangladesh, India  
India  

Second Language
India  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia  

Minority Language
Australia, Canada, Italy, Japan, Kuwait, Malaysia, Maldives, Nepal, Oman, Pakistan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South Africa, South Korea, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States of America  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
Bangla Academy, Paschimbanga Bangla Akademi  
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Interesting Facts
  • Bengali language is the World's sweetest language.
  • 21st February is celebrated as an International Mother Language day, which is based on Bengali language.
  
  • 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
Assamese and Oriya  
Bengali and Assamese  

Derived From
Sanskrit Language  
Sanskrit Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
51  
30
42  
22

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
11  
8
11  
8

How Many Consonants
40  
29
31  
21

Scripts
Bengali, Brahmic family and derivatives  
Bengali, Odia alphabet (Brahmic)  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
2  
1
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
হ্যালো (Hyālō)  
ନମସ୍କାର (namascara)  

Thank You
ধন্যবাদ (dhonnobad)  
ଧନ୍ୟବାଦ୍ (dhanyabaad)  

How Are You?
কেমন আছিস? (kêmon achhish?)  
କେମିତି ଅତ୍ଚନ୍ଥି? (kemiti achanti?)  

Good Night
শুভরাত্রি (shubhoratri)  
ସୁଭରାତ୍ର (shubharaatra)  

Good Evening
শুভ সন্ধ্যা। (shubho shondha)  
ସୁଭସନ୍ଧ୍ୟା (subha sandhya)  

Good Afternoon
ভাল বৈকাল (Bhāla Baikāla)  
ସୁଭ ଖରା ବେଳ (shubha kharaa bela)  

Good Morning
সুপ্রভাত (shuprobhat)  
ସୁପ୍ରଭାତ (suprabhaata)  

Please
অনুগ্রহ করে (Anugraha karē)  
ଦୟାକରି  

Sorry
দুঃখিত (dukkhito)  
ମୁଁ ଦୁଃଖିତ (mū duḥkhita)  

Bye
বিদায় (Bidāẏa)  
ସୁବିଦାୟ (shubidaaya)  

I Love You
আমি আপনাকে ভালোবাসি (ami apnake bhalobashi)  
ମୁଁ ତୁମକୁ ଭଲ ପାଏ (mu tumoku bhala paye)  

Excuse Me
মাফ করবেন (Māpha karabēna)  
କ୍ଷମା କରିବେ (kyamā karibe)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Chakma  
Baleswari  

Where They Speak
Bangladesh, Burma, India  
India  

How Many People Speak
330,000.00  
99+
33,800,000.00  
22

Dialect 2
Hajong  
Ganjami  

Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India  
India  

How Many People Speak
71,000.00  
99+
33,800,000.00  
20

Dialect 3
Rarhi  
Kosli  

Where They Speak
India  
India  

How Many People Speak
230,000,000.00  
1
520,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
25  
21
8  
8

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
215.00 million  
9
33.00 million  
34

Speaking Population
3.11 %  
8
0.50 %  
31

Native Speakers
196.00 million  
7
33.00 million  
28

Second Language Speakers
19.00 million  
31
35.00 million  
24

Native Name
বাংলা (baɛṅlā)  
ଓଡ଼ିଆ (ōṛiyā)  

Alternative Names
Bangala, Bangla, Bangla-Bhasa  
Odisha, Odri, Odrum, Oliya, Uriya, Utkali, Vadiya, Yudhia  

French Name
bengali  
oriya  

German Name
Bengali  
Oriya-Sprache  

Pronunciation
[ˈbeŋɡali]  
[ˈoɽia]  

Ethnicity
Bengalis (Bengali people)  
Odias  

History

Origin
1000–1200 CE  
3 BC  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian  
Indo-Iranian  

Branch
Indic  
Indic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Abahatta, Old Bengali  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Bengali  
Standard Odia  

Language Position
4  
4
32  
30

Signed Forms
Signed Bengali  
Indian Signing System  

Scope
Individual  
Individual, Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
bn  
or  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ben  
ori  

ISO 639 2/B
ben  
ori  

ISO 639 3
ben  
ori  

ISO 639 6
ben  
ori  

Glottocode
beng1280  
macr1269  

Linguasphere
59-AAF-u  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
Subject-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
-  

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All Bengali 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 Bengali and Oriya dialects. Various dialects of Bengali and Oriya language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Bengali are spoken in different Bengali Speaking Countries whereas Oriya Dialects are spoken in different Oriya speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Bengali vs Oriya Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Bengali dialects include: Chakma, Hajong. Oriya dialects include: Baleswari , Ganjami. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Bengali and Oriya Speaking population

Bengali and Oriya speaking population is one of the factors based on which Bengali and Oriya languages can be compared. The total count of Bengali and Oriya Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Bengali language is 3.11 % 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 Bengali and Oriya on Bengali vs Oriya where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Bengali and Oriya Language Codes

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

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