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Oriya and Amharic


Amharic and Oriya


Countries

Countries
India  
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

National Language
India  
Ethiopia  

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

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Africa  

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

Regulated By
-  
-  

Interesting Facts
  • 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.
  
  • Amharic ranks as second most spoken Semitic language in the world.
  • Amharic has its own writing system named “fidel” and it uses Amharic alphabets to write.
  

Similar To
Bengali and Assamese  
Tigrinya and Oromo Languages  

Derived From
Sanskrit Language  
-  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Oriya-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Amharic-1.jpg#200  

Alphabets
42  
22
33  
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
11  
8
7  
4

How Many Consonants
31  
21
31  
21

Scripts
Bengali, Odia alphabet (Brahmic)  
Ethiopic  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
ନମସ୍କାର (namascara)  
Selam  

Thank You
ଧନ୍ୟବାଦ୍ (dhanyabaad)  
amesege'nallo'  

How Are You?
କେମିତି ଅତ୍ଚନ୍ଥି? (kemiti achanti?)  
Dehina newot?  

Good Night
ସୁଭରାତ୍ର (shubharaatra)  
Dehna dur  

Good Evening
ସୁଭସନ୍ଧ୍ୟା (subha sandhya)  
melkam meshe't  

Good Afternoon
ସୁଭ ଖରା ବେଳ (shubha kharaa bela)  
i'ndemin walu  

Good Morning
ସୁପ୍ରଭାତ (suprabhaata)  
i'ndemin adäru  

Please
ଦୟାକରି  
i'bakwon  

Sorry
ମୁଁ ଦୁଃଖିତ (mū duḥkhita)  
aznallehu  

Bye
ସୁବିଦାୟ (shubidaaya)  
tschao  

I Love You
ମୁଁ ତୁମକୁ ଭଲ ପାଏ (mu tumoku bhala paye)  
afekirishalehu  

Excuse Me
କ୍ଷମା କରିବେ (kyamā karibe)  
yiqirta  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Baleswari  
Gondar  

Where They Speak
India  
Gondar  

How Many People Speak
33,800,000.00  
22
22,000,000.00  
27

Dialect 2
Ganjami  
Gojjami  

Where They Speak
India  
Ethiopia  

How Many People Speak
33,800,000.00  
20
22,000,000.00  
24

Dialect 3
Kosli  
Showa  

Where They Speak
India  
Ethiopia  

How Many People Speak
520,000.00  
99+
22,000,000.00  
22

Total No. Of Dialects
8  
8
5  
5

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
33.00 million  
34
18.70 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.50 %  
31
0.37 %  
37

Native Speakers
33.00 million  
28
25.00 million  
32

Second Language Speakers
35.00 million  
24
10.00 million  
99+

Native Name
ଓଡ଼ିଆ (ōṛiyā)  
አማርኛ  

Alternative Names
Odisha, Odri, Odrum, Oliya, Uriya, Utkali, Vadiya, Yudhia  
Abyssinian, Amarigna, Amarinya, Amhara, Ethiopian  

French Name
oriya  
amharique  

German Name
Oriya-Sprache  
Amharisch  

Pronunciation
[ˈoɽia]  
[amarɨɲɲa]  

Ethnicity
Odias  
Amharas  

History

Origin
3 BC  
13th century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Afro-Asiatic Family  

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian  
Semitic  

Branch
Indic  
Ethiopic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Ge'ez  

Standard Forms
Standard Odia  
Amharic  

Language Position
32  
30
55  
99+

Signed Forms
Indian Signing System  
Signed Amharic  

Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
or  
am  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ori  
amh  

ISO 639 2/B
ori  
amh  

ISO 639 3
ori  
amh  

ISO 639 6
ori  
amh  

Glottocode
macr1269  
amha1245  

Linguasphere
No data available  
12-ACB-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
Fusional  

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

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Oriya and Amharic Speaking population

Oriya and Amharic speaking population is one of the factors based on which Oriya and Amharic languages can be compared. The total count of Oriya and Amharic Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Oriya language is 0.50 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Amharic language is 0.37 %. 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 Oriya and Amharic on Oriya vs Amharic where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Oriya and Amharic Language Codes

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

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