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Malayalam vs Oriya


Oriya vs Malayalam


Countries

Countries
India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry  
India  

Total No. Of Countries
3  
12
1  
14

National Language
Kerala, India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry  
India  

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

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia  

Minority Language
Andaman and Nicobar Islands  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
Academy for Malayalam literature, Government of Kerala  
-  

Interesting Facts
  • Malayalam language has 54 literals. Same sounds have different versions to it.
  • Malayalam script is reffered as "Rod Script" and it is derived from the Grantha script, which was developed from Indic script of Brahmi.
  
  • 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
Tamil and Sanskrit Languages  
Bengali and Assamese  

Derived From
Sanskrit Language  
Sanskrit Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
53  
32
42  
22

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
15  
12
11  
8

How Many Consonants
41  
30
31  
21

Scripts
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
ഹലോ (halēā)  
ନମସ୍କାର (namascara)  

Thank You
നന്ദി (nandi)  
ଧନ୍ୟବାଦ୍ (dhanyabaad)  

How Are You?
സുഖമാണോ? (sukhamāṇēā?)  
କେମିତି ଅତ୍ଚନ୍ଥି? (kemiti achanti?)  

Good Night
ശുഭ രാത്രി (śubha rātri)  
ସୁଭରାତ୍ର (shubharaatra)  

Good Evening
ഗുഡ് ഈവനിംഗ് (guḍ īvaniṅg)  
ସୁଭସନ୍ଧ୍ୟା (subha sandhya)  

Good Afternoon
ഗുഡ് ആഫ്റ്റർനൂൺ (guḍ āphṟṟarnūṇ)  
ସୁଭ ଖରା ବେଳ (shubha kharaa bela)  

Good Morning
രാവിലെ (rāvile)  
ସୁପ୍ରଭାତ (suprabhaata)  

Please
ദയവായി (dayavāyi)  
ଦୟାକରି  

Sorry
ക്ഷമിക്കണം (kṣamikkaṇaṁ)  
ମୁଁ ଦୁଃଖିତ (mū duḥkhita)  

Bye
വിട (viṭa)  
ସୁବିଦାୟ (shubidaaya)  

I Love You
ഞാൻ നിന്നെ സ്നേഹിക്കുന്നു (ñān ninne snēhikkunnu)  
ମୁଁ ତୁମକୁ ଭଲ ପାଏ (mu tumoku bhala paye)  

Excuse Me
എക്സ്ക്യൂസ് മീ (ekskyūs mī)  
କ୍ଷମା କରିବେ (kyamā karibe)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Judeo-Malayalam  
Baleswari  

Where They Speak
Israel, kerala  
India  

How Many People Speak
38,000,000.00  
19
33,800,000.00  
22

Dialect 2
Mappila  
Ganjami  

Where They Speak
India  
India  

How Many People Speak
38,000,000.00  
17
33,800,000.00  
20

Dialect 3
Pandy Malayalam  
Kosli  

Where They Speak
France, kerala  
India  

How Many People Speak
38,000,000.00  
16
520,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
8  
8

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
38.00 million  
33
33.00 million  
34

Speaking Population
0.57 %  
29
0.50 %  
31

Native Speakers
38.00 million  
26
33.00 million  
28

Second Language Speakers
38.00 million  
23
35.00 million  
24

Native Name
മലയാളം (malayāḷam)  
ଓଡ଼ିଆ (ōṛiyā)  

Alternative Names
Alealum, Malayalani, Malayali, Malean, Maliyad, Mallealle, Mopla  
Odisha, Odri, Odrum, Oliya, Uriya, Utkali, Vadiya, Yudhia  

French Name
malayalam  
oriya  

German Name
Malayalam  
Oriya-Sprache  

Pronunciation
[mɐləjaːɭɐm]  
[ˈoɽia]  

Ethnicity
Malayali  
Odias  

History

Origin
9th Century  
3 BC  

Language Family
Dravidian Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
-  
Indo-Iranian  

Branch
-  
Indic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early form  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Malayalam  
Standard Odia  

Language Position
29  
27
32  
30

Signed Forms
Signed Malayalam  
Indian Signing System  

Scope
Individual  
Individual, Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
ml  
or  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mal  
ori  

ISO 639 2/B
mal  
ori  

ISO 639 3
mal  
ori  

ISO 639 6
mal  
ori  

Glottocode
mala1464  
macr1269  

Linguasphere
No data available  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
Subject-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic  
-  

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Malayalam and Oriya Language History

Comparison of Malayalam vs Oriya language history gives us differences between origin of Malayalam and Oriya language. History of Malayalam language states that this language originated in 9th Century whereas history of Oriya language states that this language originated in 3 BC. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Malayalam and Oriya Language History.

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Malayalam 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 Malayalam and Oriya greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Malayalam and Oriya language. Malayalam word for "Hello" is ഹലോ (halēā) or Oriya word for "Thank You" is ଧନ୍ୟବାଦ୍ (dhanyabaad). Find more of such common Malayalam Greetings and Oriya Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Malayalam vs Oriya Difficulty

The Malayalam vs Oriya difficulty level basically depends on the number of Malayalam 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 Malayalam and Oriya are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Malayalam and Oriya, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Malayalam is 44 weeks while to learn Oriya time required is 44 weeks.

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