Countries
India, Nepal
India
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
Not Available
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 in
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Oriya-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Devanagari
Bengali, Odia alphabet (Brahmic)
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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
Not Available
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)
Dialect 1
Doteli
Baleswari
Where They Speak
Nepal
India
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Bajhangi
Ganjami
Where They Speak
India, Nepal
India
Dialect 3
Baitadeli
Kosli
Where They Speak
Nepal
India
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
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
Not Available
[ˈoɽia]
Ethnicity
Gurkha, Khas people, Madhesi and Tharu
Odias
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Indo-Iranian
Early Forms
Khas language, Gurkhali, Parbatiya, Dzongkha Lhotshammikha
No early forms
Standard Forms
Nepali
Standard Odia
Signed Forms
Signed Nepali
Indian Signing System
Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage
Individual, Macrolanguage
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
nepa1254
macr1269
Linguasphere
12
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
Not Available
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.
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.