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Oriya and Assamese


Assamese and Oriya


Countries

Countries
India  
India  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

National Language
India  
Bangladesh, India  

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

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Bangladesh, Bhutan  

Regulated By
-  
Asam Sahitya Sabha  

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.
  
  • Assamese was reinstated as the state language of Assam in 1873.
  • Assamese language has its own stream of origin, it is evolved in a different way from rest of the Indo-Aryan languages of India.
    •   

Similar To
Bengali and Assamese  
Bengali and Oriya  

Derived From
Sanskrit Language  
Sanskrit Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
42  
22
52  
31

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
11  
8
11  
8

How Many Consonants
31  
21
41  
30

Scripts
Bengali, Odia alphabet (Brahmic)  
Bengali  

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)  
nomoskaar  

Thank You
ଧନ୍ୟବାଦ୍ (dhanyabaad)  
ḍhonyobaaḍ  

How Are You?
କେମିତି ଅତ୍ଚନ୍ଥି? (kemiti achanti?)  
aapuni kene aase?  

Good Night
ସୁଭରାତ୍ର (shubharaatra)  
subhoraattri  

Good Evening
ସୁଭସନ୍ଧ୍ୟା (subha sandhya)  
subha gadhuli  

Good Afternoon
ସୁଭ ଖରା ବେଳ (shubha kharaa bela)  
subha abeli  

Good Morning
ସୁପ୍ରଭାତ (suprabhaata)  
suprobhaat  

Please
ଦୟାକରି  
anugroha kori  

Sorry
ମୁଁ ଦୁଃଖିତ (mū duḥkhita)  
moi ḍukkhita  

Bye
ସୁବିଦାୟ (shubidaaya)  
biḍai  

I Love You
ମୁଁ ତୁମକୁ ଭଲ ପାଏ (mu tumoku bhala paye)  
moi tomaak bhaalpaao  

Excuse Me
କ୍ଷମା କରିବେ (kyamā karibe)  
kyoma koribo  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Baleswari  
Kamrupi  

Where They Speak
India  
Western Assam  

How Many People Speak
33,800,000.00  
22
6,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Ganjami  
Goalpariya  

Where They Speak
India  
Western Assam  

How Many People Speak
33,800,000.00  
20
16,000,000.00  
30

Dialect 3
Kosli  
Bhakatiya  

Where They Speak
India  
Assam  

How Many People Speak
520,000.00  
99+
16,000,000.00  
27

Total No. Of Dialects
8  
8
3  
3

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.50 %  
31
0.24 %  
99+

Native Speakers
33.00 million  
28
15.00 million  
40

Second Language Speakers
35.00 million  
24
15.00 million  
34

Native Name
ଓଡ଼ିଆ (ōṛiyā)  
অসমীয়া (asamīẏa)  

Alternative Names
Odisha, Odri, Odrum, Oliya, Uriya, Utkali, Vadiya, Yudhia  
Asambe, Asami, Asamiya  

French Name
oriya  
assamais  

German Name
Oriya-Sprache  
Assamesisch  

Pronunciation
[ˈoɽia]  
[ɔxɔmɔnɔ]  

Ethnicity
Odias  
Assamese people  

History

Origin
3 BC  
7th century A.D  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian  
Indo-Iranian  

Branch
Indic  
Indic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Kamarupa  

Standard Forms
Standard Odia  
Assamese  

Language Position
32  
30
65  
99+

Signed Forms
Indian Signing System  
Signed Assamese  

Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
or  
as  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ori  
asm  

ISO 639 2/B
ori  
asm  

ISO 639 3
ori  
asm  

ISO 639 6
ori  
asm  

Glottocode
macr1269  
assa1263  

Linguasphere
No data available  
59-AAF-w  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
-  
-  

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

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Oriya and Assamese Speaking population

Oriya and Assamese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Oriya and Assamese languages can be compared. The total count of Oriya and Assamese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Oriya language is 0.50 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Assamese language is 0.24 %. 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 Assamese on Oriya vs Assamese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Oriya and Assamese Language Codes

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

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