Oriya and Igbo
National Language
India
Nigeria
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
Equatorial Guinea
Regulated By
Not Available
Society for Promoting Igbo Language and Culture
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.
- In Igbo, there is complicated system of high and low tones indicating differences in meaning and grammatical relationships.
- Igbo has inexhaustible and rich linguistic features like idioms, proverbs, aphorisms, anecdotes etc.
Similar To
Bengali and Assamese
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Derived From
Sanskrit Language
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Alphabets in
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Scripts
Bengali, Odia alphabet (Brahmic)
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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Hello
ନମସ୍କାର (namascara)
kedụ
Thank You
ଧନ୍ୟବାଦ୍ (dhanyabaad)
dalụ
How Are You?
କେମିତି ଅତ୍ଚନ୍ଥି? (kemiti achanti?)
kedụ ka ịmere
Good Night
ସୁଭରାତ୍ର (shubharaatra)
ka chi fo
Good Evening
ସୁଭସନ୍ଧ୍ୟା (subha sandhya)
mgbede ọma
Good Afternoon
ସୁଭ ଖରା ବେଳ (shubha kharaa bela)
ehihie ọma
Good Morning
ସୁପ୍ରଭାତ (suprabhaata)
ụtụtụ ọma
Please
Not Available
Biko
Sorry
ମୁଁ ଦୁଃଖିତ (mū duḥkhita)
Ndo
Bye
ସୁବିଦାୟ (shubidaaya)
Not Available
I Love You
ମୁଁ ତୁମକୁ ଭଲ ପାଏ (mu tumoku bhala paye)
a hụrụ m gị n'anya
Excuse Me
କ୍ଷମା କରିବେ (kyamā karibe)
ngọpụ
Dialect 1
Baleswari
Enuani
Where They Speak
India
Nigeria
Where They Speak
India
Nigeria
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Kosli
Not present
Where They Speak
India
Not Available
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Speaking Population
Not Available
Native Name
ଓଡ଼ିଆ (ōṛiyā)
igbo
Alternative Names
Odisha, Odri, Odrum, Oliya, Uriya, Utkali, Vadiya, Yudhia
Ibo
German Name
Oriya-Sprache
Ibo-Sprache
Pronunciation
[ˈoɽia]
[iɡ͡boː]
Ethnicity
Odias
Igbo people
Origin
3 BC
30th Century BC
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Kwa
Branch
Indic
Not Available
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Standard Odia
Standard Igbo
Signed Forms
Indian Signing System
Not Available
Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
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Glottocode
macr1269
nucl1417
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Not Available
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Agglutinative
All Oriya and Igbo 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 Igbo dialects. Various dialects of Oriya and Igbo language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Oriya are spoken in different Oriya Speaking Countries whereas Igbo Dialects are spoken in different Igbo speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Oriya vs Igbo Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Oriya dialects include: Baleswari, Ganjami. Igbo dialects include: Enuani , Ngwa. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Oriya and Igbo Speaking population
Oriya and Igbo speaking population is one of the factors based on which Oriya and Igbo languages can be compared. The total count of Oriya and Igbo Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Oriya language is 0.50 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Igbo language is Not Available. 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 Igbo on Oriya vs Igbo where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Oriya and Igbo Language Codes
Oriya and Igbo language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Oriya and Igbo Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.