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Oriya and Cantonese


Cantonese and Oriya


Countries

Countries
India  
Hong Kong, Macau  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
2  
13

National Language
India  
China, Guangdong  

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  
Hawaii  

Regulated By
-  
Civil Service Bureau, Government of Hong Kong, Official Language Division  

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.
  
  • Cantonese have lot of slangs, many of them include words that do not make sense at all and some also have English in them.
  • Even though Cantonese and Mandarin are dialects of Chinese, Cantonese has 8 tones instead of Mandarin's 4.
  

Similar To
Bengali and Assamese  
Chinese Language  

Derived From
Sanskrit Language  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
42  
22
28  
10

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
11  
8
8  
5

How Many Consonants
31  
21
20  
10

Scripts
Bengali, Odia alphabet (Brahmic)  
Chinese Characters and derivatives  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
10  
8

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
88 weeks  
19

Greetings

Hello
ନମସ୍କାର (namascara)  
您好  

Thank You
ଧନ୍ୟବାଦ୍ (dhanyabaad)  
谢谢  

How Are You?
କେମିତି ଅତ୍ଚନ୍ଥି? (kemiti achanti?)  
你好吗?  

Good Night
ସୁଭରାତ୍ର (shubharaatra)  
晚安  

Good Evening
ସୁଭସନ୍ଧ୍ୟା (subha sandhya)  
晚上好  

Good Afternoon
ସୁଭ ଖରା ବେଳ (shubha kharaa bela)  
下午好  

Good Morning
ସୁପ୍ରଭାତ (suprabhaata)  
早上好  

Please
ଦୟାକରି  
请  

Sorry
ମୁଁ ଦୁଃଖିତ (mū duḥkhita)  
遗憾  

Bye
ସୁବିଦାୟ (shubidaaya)  
再见  

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

Excuse Me
କ୍ଷମା କରିବେ (kyamā karibe)  
原谅我  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Baleswari  
Guangzhou  

Where They Speak
India  
outside mainland China  

How Many People Speak
33,800,000.00  
22
71,000,000.00  
13

Dialect 2
Ganjami  
Xiguan  

Where They Speak
India  
Hong Kong  

How Many People Speak
33,800,000.00  
20
71,000,000.00  
11

Dialect 3
Kosli  
Hong Kong  

Where They Speak
India  
Hong Kong  

How Many People Speak
520,000.00  
99+
70,000,000.00  
10

Total No. Of Dialects
8  
8
3  
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
33.00 million  
34
60.00 million  
27

Speaking Population
0.50 %  
31
16.00 %  
2

Native Speakers
33.00 million  
28
52.00 million  
21

Second Language Speakers
35.00 million  
24
71.00 million  
15

Native Name
ଓଡ଼ିଆ (ōṛiyā)  
Kwang Tung Wa  

Alternative Names
Odisha, Odri, Odrum, Oliya, Uriya, Utkali, Vadiya, Yudhia  
Guangfu, Metropolitan Cantonese  

French Name
oriya  
cantonais  

German Name
Oriya-Sprache  
Kantonesisch  

Pronunciation
[ˈoɽia]  
[kʰɐn˧˥tʰœːn˧˥sɨ˧˥]  

Ethnicity
Odias  
Han Chinese  

History

Origin
3 BC  
17th century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Sino-Tibetan Family  

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian  
-  

Branch
Indic  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Standard Odia  
Standard Cantonese  

Language Position
32  
30
1  
1

Signed Forms
Indian Signing System  
Signed Cantonese  

Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage  
-  

Code

ISO 639 1
or  
No data available  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ori  
yue  

ISO 639 2/B
ori  
yue  

ISO 639 3
ori  
No data available  

ISO 639 6
ori  
yue  

Glottocode
macr1269  
cant1236  

Linguasphere
No data available  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
-  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
-  

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

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Oriya and Cantonese Speaking population

Oriya and Cantonese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Oriya and Cantonese languages can be compared. The total count of Oriya and Cantonese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Oriya language is 0.50 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Cantonese language is 16.00 %. 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 Cantonese on Oriya vs Cantonese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Oriya and Cantonese Language Codes

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

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