Igbo and Oriya
National Language
Nigeria
India
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa
Asia
Minority Language
Equatorial Guinea
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Society for Promoting Igbo Language and Culture
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Interesting Facts
- In Igbo, there is complicated system of high and low tones indicating differences in meaning and grammatical relationships.
- Igbo has inexhaustible and rich linguistic features like idioms, proverbs, aphorisms, anecdotes etc.
- 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
Yoruba and Hausa Languages
Bengali and Assamese
Derived From
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Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
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Oriya-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Latin
Bengali, Odia alphabet (Brahmic)
Writing Direction
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Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
kedụ
ନମସ୍କାର (namascara)
Thank You
dalụ
ଧନ୍ୟବାଦ୍ (dhanyabaad)
How Are You?
kedụ ka ịmere
କେମିତି ଅତ୍ଚନ୍ଥି? (kemiti achanti?)
Good Night
ka chi fo
ସୁଭରାତ୍ର (shubharaatra)
Good Evening
mgbede ọma
ସୁଭସନ୍ଧ୍ୟା (subha sandhya)
Good Afternoon
ehihie ọma
ସୁଭ ଖରା ବେଳ (shubha kharaa bela)
Good Morning
ụtụtụ ọma
ସୁପ୍ରଭାତ (suprabhaata)
Sorry
Ndo
ମୁଁ ଦୁଃଖିତ (mū duḥkhita)
Bye
Kachifo
ସୁବିଦାୟ (shubidaaya)
I Love You
a hụrụ m gị n'anya
ମୁଁ ତୁମକୁ ଭଲ ପାଏ (mu tumoku bhala paye)
Excuse Me
ngọpụ
କ୍ଷମା କରିବେ (kyamā karibe)
Dialect 1
Enuani
Baleswari
Where They Speak
Nigeria
India
Where They Speak
Nigeria
India
Dialect 3
Not present
Kosli
Native Name
igbo
ଓଡ଼ିଆ (ōṛiyā)
Alternative Names
Ibo
Odisha, Odri, Odrum, Oliya, Uriya, Utkali, Vadiya, Yudhia
German Name
Ibo-Sprache
Oriya-Sprache
Pronunciation
[iɡ͡boː]
[ˈoɽia]
Ethnicity
Igbo people
Odias
Origin
30th Century BC
3 BC
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Kwa
Indo-Iranian
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Standard Igbo
Standard Odia
Signed Forms
Igbo Sign Language
Indian Signing System
Scope
Individual
Individual, Macrolanguage
Glottocode
nucl1417
macr1269
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
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Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
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All Igbo 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 Igbo and Oriya dialects. Various dialects of Igbo and Oriya language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Igbo are spoken in different Igbo Speaking Countries whereas Oriya Dialects are spoken in different Oriya speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Igbo vs Oriya Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Igbo dialects include: Enuani, Ngwa. Oriya dialects include: Baleswari , Ganjami. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Igbo and Oriya Speaking population
Igbo and Oriya speaking population is one of the factors based on which Igbo and Oriya languages can be compared. The total count of Igbo and Oriya Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Igbo language is 0.09 % 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 Igbo and Oriya on Igbo vs Oriya where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Igbo and Oriya Language Codes
Igbo and Oriya language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Igbo and Oriya Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.