National Language
Japan
India
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia, Pacific
Asia
Minority Language
Palau
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Agency for Cultural Affairs (文化庁) at the Ministry of Education
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Interesting Facts
- In Japanese Language, there are 4 different ways to address people: kun, chan, san and sama.
- There are many words in Japanese language which end with vowel letter, which determines the structure and rhythm of Japanese.
- 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
Korean Language
Bengali and Assamese
Derived From
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Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
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Oriya-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Kana
Bengali, Odia alphabet (Brahmic)
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
こんにちは (Kon'nichiwa)
ନମସ୍କାର (namascara)
Thank You
ありがとう (Arigatō)
ଧନ୍ୟବାଦ୍ (dhanyabaad)
How Are You?
お元気ですか (O genki desu ka?)
କେମିତି ଅତ୍ଚନ୍ଥି? (kemiti achanti?)
Good Night
おやすみなさい (Oyasuminasai)
ସୁଭରାତ୍ର (shubharaatra)
Good Evening
こんばんは (Konbanwa)
ସୁଭସନ୍ଧ୍ୟା (subha sandhya)
Good Afternoon
こんにちは (Konnichiwa!)
ସୁଭ ଖରା ବେଳ (shubha kharaa bela)
Good Morning
おはよう (Ohayō)
ସୁପ୍ରଭାତ (suprabhaata)
Please
お願いします (Onegaishimasu)
ଦୟାକରି
Sorry
ごめんなさい (Gomen'nasai)
ମୁଁ ଦୁଃଖିତ (mū duḥkhita)
Bye
さようなら (Sayōnara)
ସୁବିଦାୟ (shubidaaya)
I Love You
愛しています (Aishiteimasu)
ମୁଁ ତୁମକୁ ଭଲ ପାଏ (mu tumoku bhala paye)
Excuse Me
すみません (Sumimasen)
କ୍ଷମା କରିବେ (kyamā karibe)
Dialect 1
Sanuki
Baleswari
Where They Speak
Kagawa
India
Where They Speak
Fukuoka
India
Where They Speak
kansai
India
Native Name
日本語
ଓଡ଼ିଆ (ōṛiyā)
Alternative Names
Nihongo
Odisha, Odri, Odrum, Oliya, Uriya, Utkali, Vadiya, Yudhia
French Name
japonais
oriya
German Name
Japanisch
Oriya-Sprache
Pronunciation
/nihoɴɡo/: [nihõŋɡo], [nihõŋŋo]
[ˈoɽia]
Ethnicity
Japanese (Yamato)
Odias
Language Family
Japonic Family
Indo-European Family
Early Forms
Old Japanese, Early Middle Japanese, Late Middle Japanese and Early Modern Japanese
No early forms
Standard Forms
Japanese
Standard Odia
Signed Forms
Signed Japanese
Indian Signing System
Scope
Individual
Individual, Macrolanguage
Glottocode
nucl1643
macr1269
Linguasphere
45-CAA-a
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic
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Japanese 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 Japanese and Oriya greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Japanese and Oriya language. Japanese word for "Hello" is こんにちは (Kon'nichiwa) or Oriya word for "Thank You" is ଧନ୍ୟବାଦ୍ (dhanyabaad). Find more of such common Japanese Greetings and Oriya Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Japanese vs Oriya Difficulty
The Japanese vs Oriya difficulty level basically depends on the number of Japanese 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 Japanese and Oriya are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Japanese and Oriya, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Japanese is 88 weeks while to learn Oriya time required is 44 weeks.