Countries
India
India, No official status
Total No. Of Countries
10
0
46
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National Language
India
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
Fiji, Guyana, Jamaica, Mauritius, Nepal, Pakistan, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago
Regulated By
-
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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.
- Bhojpuri was anciently written in Kaithi scripts.
- In Mughal Era, Kaithi script was used in administrative purposes for writing in Bhojpuri language.
Similar To
Bengali and Assamese
Maithili and Magahi
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
4243
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
1111
0
32
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How Many Consonants
3134
9
60
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Scripts
Bengali, Odia alphabet (Brahmic)
Devanagari
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
34
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Hello
ନମସ୍କାର (namascara)
प्रणाम (prannam)
Thank You
ଧନ୍ୟବାଦ୍ (dhanyabaad)
धन्वाद (dhanvaad)
How Are You?
କେମିତି ଅତ୍ଚନ୍ଥି? (kemiti achanti?)
का हाल बा? (kaa haal ba?)
Good Night
ସୁଭରାତ୍ର (shubharaatra)
राम राम (raam raam)
Good Evening
ସୁଭସନ୍ଧ୍ୟା (subha sandhya)
राम राम (raam raam)
Good Afternoon
ସୁଭ ଖରା ବେଳ (shubha kharaa bela)
राम राम (raam raam)
Good Morning
ସୁପ୍ରଭାତ (suprabhaata)
राम राम (raam raam)
Please
ଦୟାକରି
मेहरबानी करके (meharbani karke)
Sorry
ମୁଁ ଦୁଃଖିତ (mū duḥkhita)
माफ़ करीं (maaf karin)
Bye
ସୁବିଦାୟ (shubidaaya)
प्रणाम (prannam)
I Love You
ମୁଁ ତୁମକୁ ଭଲ ପାଏ (mu tumoku bhala paye)
हम तोहसे प्यार करेनी (hum tohse pyaar kareni)
Excuse Me
କ୍ଷମା କରିବେ (kyamā karibe)
माफ़ करीं (maaf karin)
Dialect 1
Baleswari
Caribbean Hindustani
Where They Speak
India
Guyana, Jamaica, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago
How Many People Speak
33,800,000.0016,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Ganjami
Fiji Hindi
Where They Speak
India
Australia, Canada, New Zealand, United Kingdom, United States of America
How Many People Speak
33,800,000.00380,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Kosli
Tharu Bhojpuri
Where They Speak
India
India
How Many People Speak
520,000.0038,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
813
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
33.00 million40.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.50 %0.43 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
33.00 million40.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
35.00 million38.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
ଓଡ଼ିଆ (ōṛiyā)
भोजपुरी (bʰojpurī)
Alternative Names
Odisha, Odri, Odrum, Oliya, Uriya, Utkali, Vadiya, Yudhia
Bajpuri, Bhojapuri, Bhozpuri, Bihari, Deswali, Khotla, Piscimas
French Name
oriya
bhojpuri
German Name
Oriya-Sprache
Bhojpuri
Pronunciation
[ˈoɽia]
/boʊdʒˈpʊəri/
Ethnicity
Odias
Bhojpuri speakers
Origin
3 BC
19th Century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
-
Branch
Indic
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Standard Odia
Bhojpuri
Language Position
3237
1
120
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Signed Forms
Indian Signing System
Bhojpuri Sign Language
Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage
Individual
ISO 639 1
or
No data Available
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
ori
bho
ISO 639 2/B
ori
bho
ISO 639 3
ori
bho
ISO 639 6
ori
bho
Glottocode
macr1269
bhoj1246
Linguasphere
No data available
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Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
-
Language Morphological Typology
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