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Nepali and Oriya


Oriya and Nepali


Countries

Countries
India, Nepal  
India  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
1  
14

National Language
Nepal  
India  

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

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia  

Minority Language
People's Republic of China  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
Language Academy of Nepal  
-  

Interesting Facts
  • Before the term "Nepali" was coined, historically the language was first called the Khas language, Gorkhali or Gukhali.
  • Nepali has borrowed many loanwords from neighboring Tibeto-Burmese languages.
  
  • 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
Hindi  
Bengali and Assamese  

Derived From
Sanskrit Language  
Sanskrit Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
48  
28
42  
22

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12  
9
11  
8

How Many Consonants
36  
26
31  
21

Scripts
Devanagari  
Bengali, Odia alphabet (Brahmic)  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
नमस्ते (namaste)  
ନମସ୍କାର (namascara)  

Thank You
धन्यवाद (dhanyabad)  
ଧନ୍ୟବାଦ୍ (dhanyabaad)  

How Are You?
तिमीलाई कस्तो छ? (timi lai kasto cha?)  
କେମିତି ଅତ୍ଚନ୍ଥି? (kemiti achanti?)  

Good Night
शुभ रात्री (subha ratri)  
ସୁଭରାତ୍ର (shubharaatra)  

Good Evening
शुभ सन्ध्या (subha sandhya)  
ସୁଭସନ୍ଧ୍ୟା (subha sandhya)  

Good Afternoon
Good afternoon  
ସୁଭ ଖରା ବେଳ (shubha kharaa bela)  

Good Morning
शुभ प्रभात (subha prabhat)  
ସୁପ୍ରଭାତ (suprabhaata)  

Please
कृपया  
ଦୟାକରି  

Sorry
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)  
ମୁଁ ଦୁଃଖିତ (mū duḥkhita)  

Bye
नमस्ते (namaste)  
ସୁବିଦାୟ (shubidaaya)  

I Love You
म तपाइलाइ माया गर्छु। (ma tapainlai maya garchu)  
ମୁଁ ତୁମକୁ ଭଲ ପାଏ (mu tumoku bhala paye)  

Excuse Me
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)  
କ୍ଷମା କରିବେ (kyamā karibe)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Doteli  
Baleswari  

Where They Speak
Nepal  
India  

How Many People Speak
790,000.00  
99+
33,800,000.00  
22

Dialect 2
Bajhangi  
Ganjami  

Where They Speak
India, Nepal  
India  

How Many People Speak
17,000,000.00  
29
33,800,000.00  
20

Dialect 3
Baitadeli  
Kosli  

Where They Speak
Nepal  
India  

How Many People Speak
17,000,000.00  
26
520,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
12  
12
8  
8

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
30.00 million  
36
33.00 million  
34

Speaking Population
0.25 %  
99+
0.50 %  
31

Native Speakers
25.00 million  
32
33.00 million  
28

Second Language Speakers
5.00 million  
99+
35.00 million  
24

Native Name
नेपाली (nēpālī)  
ଓଡ଼ିଆ (ōṛiyā)  

Alternative Names
Eastern Pahadi, Gorkhali, Gurkhali, Khaskura, Nepalese, Parbate  
Odisha, Odri, Odrum, Oliya, Uriya, Utkali, Vadiya, Yudhia  

French Name
népalais  
oriya  

German Name
Nepali  
Oriya-Sprache  

Pronunciation
[neˈpali]  
[ˈoɽia]  

Ethnicity
Gurkha, Khas people, Madhesi and Tharu  
Odias  

History

Origin
19 BC  
3 BC  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian  
Indo-Iranian  

Branch
Indic  
Indic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Khas language, Gurkhali, Parbatiya, Dzongkha Lhotshammikha  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Nepali  
Standard Odia  

Language Position
59  
99+
32  
30

Signed Forms
Signed Nepali  
Indian Signing System  

Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage  
Individual, Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
ne  
or  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
nep  
ori  

ISO 639 2/B
nep  
ori  

ISO 639 3
npi  
ori  

ISO 639 6
nep  
ori  

Glottocode
nepa1254  
macr1269  

Linguasphere
12  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb  
Subject-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative  
-  

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

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Nepali and Oriya Speaking population

Nepali and Oriya speaking population is one of the factors based on which Nepali and Oriya languages can be compared. The total count of Nepali and Oriya Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Nepali language is 0.25 % 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 Nepali and Oriya on Nepali vs Oriya where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Nepali and Oriya Language Codes

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

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