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Oriya and Bengali


Bengali and Oriya


Countries

Countries
India  
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Bangladesh, India, Sierra Leone  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
4  
11

National Language
India  
Bangladesh, India  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
India  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Australia, Canada, Italy, Japan, Kuwait, Malaysia, Maldives, Nepal, Oman, Pakistan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South Africa, South Korea, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States of America  

Regulated By
-  
Bangla Academy, Paschimbanga Bangla Akademi  

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.
  
  • Bengali language is the World's sweetest language.
  • 21st February is celebrated as an International Mother Language day, which is based on Bengali language.
  

Similar To
Bengali and Assamese  
Assamese and Oriya  

Derived From
Sanskrit Language  
Sanskrit Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
42  
22
51  
30

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
11  
8
11  
8

How Many Consonants
31  
21
40  
29

Scripts
Bengali, Odia alphabet (Brahmic)  
Bengali, Brahmic family and derivatives  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
2  
1

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
ନମସ୍କାର (namascara)  
হ্যালো (Hyālō)  

Thank You
ଧନ୍ୟବାଦ୍ (dhanyabaad)  
ধন্যবাদ (dhonnobad)  

How Are You?
କେମିତି ଅତ୍ଚନ୍ଥି? (kemiti achanti?)  
কেমন আছিস? (kêmon achhish?)  

Good Night
ସୁଭରାତ୍ର (shubharaatra)  
শুভরাত্রি (shubhoratri)  

Good Evening
ସୁଭସନ୍ଧ୍ୟା (subha sandhya)  
শুভ সন্ধ্যা। (shubho shondha)  

Good Afternoon
ସୁଭ ଖରା ବେଳ (shubha kharaa bela)  
ভাল বৈকাল (Bhāla Baikāla)  

Good Morning
ସୁପ୍ରଭାତ (suprabhaata)  
সুপ্রভাত (shuprobhat)  

Please
ଦୟାକରି  
অনুগ্রহ করে (Anugraha karē)  

Sorry
ମୁଁ ଦୁଃଖିତ (mū duḥkhita)  
দুঃখিত (dukkhito)  

Bye
ସୁବିଦାୟ (shubidaaya)  
বিদায় (Bidāẏa)  

I Love You
ମୁଁ ତୁମକୁ ଭଲ ପାଏ (mu tumoku bhala paye)  
আমি আপনাকে ভালোবাসি (ami apnake bhalobashi)  

Excuse Me
କ୍ଷମା କରିବେ (kyamā karibe)  
মাফ করবেন (Māpha karabēna)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Baleswari  
Chakma  

Where They Speak
India  
Bangladesh, Burma, India  

How Many People Speak
33,800,000.00  
22
330,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Ganjami  
Hajong  

Where They Speak
India  
Bangladesh, India  

How Many People Speak
33,800,000.00  
20
71,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Kosli  
Rarhi  

Where They Speak
India  
India  

How Many People Speak
520,000.00  
99+
230,000,000.00  
1

Total No. Of Dialects
8  
8
25  
21

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
33.00 million  
34
215.00 million  
9

Speaking Population
0.50 %  
31
3.11 %  
8

Native Speakers
33.00 million  
28
196.00 million  
7

Second Language Speakers
35.00 million  
24
19.00 million  
31

Native Name
ଓଡ଼ିଆ (ōṛiyā)  
বাংলা (baɛṅlā)  

Alternative Names
Odisha, Odri, Odrum, Oliya, Uriya, Utkali, Vadiya, Yudhia  
Bangala, Bangla, Bangla-Bhasa  

French Name
oriya  
bengali  

German Name
Oriya-Sprache  
Bengali  

Pronunciation
[ˈoɽia]  
[ˈbeŋɡali]  

Ethnicity
Odias  
Bengalis (Bengali people)  

History

Origin
3 BC  
1000–1200 CE  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian  
Indo-Iranian  

Branch
Indic  
Indic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Abahatta, Old Bengali  

Standard Forms
Standard Odia  
Bengali  

Language Position
32  
30
4  
4

Signed Forms
Indian Signing System  
Signed Bengali  

Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
or  
bn  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ori  
ben  

ISO 639 2/B
ori  
ben  

ISO 639 3
ori  
ben  

ISO 639 6
ori  
ben  

Glottocode
macr1269  
beng1280  

Linguasphere
No data available  
59-AAF-u  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
-  

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

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Oriya and Bengali Speaking population

Oriya and Bengali speaking population is one of the factors based on which Oriya and Bengali languages can be compared. The total count of Oriya and Bengali Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Oriya language is 0.50 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Bengali language is 3.11 %. 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 Bengali on Oriya vs Bengali where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Oriya and Bengali Language Codes

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

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