Countries
India
Burma
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
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National Language
India
Burundi, Gambia
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Africa, Asia
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
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.
- Kirundi language is tonal, since it has high and low essential tones.
- Kirundi Language is referred as a language where Meeussen's rule is active, this rule describes a certain pattern of tonal change in Bantu languages.
Similar To
Bengali and Assamese
Kinyarwanda Language
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
4221
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
115
0
32
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How Many Consonants
3119
9
60
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Scripts
Bengali, Odia alphabet (Brahmic)
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
36
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks36 weeks
3
88
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Hello
ନମସ୍କାର (namascara)
Bwakeye
Thank You
ଧନ୍ୟବାଦ୍ (dhanyabaad)
Urakoze
How Are You?
କେମିତି ଅତ୍ଚନ୍ଥି? (kemiti achanti?)
Urakomeye?
Good Night
ସୁଭରାତ୍ର (shubharaatra)
Ijoro ryiza
Good Evening
ସୁଭସନ୍ଧ୍ୟା (subha sandhya)
Mwiriwe
Good Afternoon
ସୁଭ ଖରା ବେଳ (shubha kharaa bela)
Mwiriwe
Good Morning
ସୁପ୍ରଭାତ (suprabhaata)
Mwaramutse
Please
ଦୟାକରି
Ndagusavye
Sorry
ମୁଁ ଦୁଃଖିତ (mū duḥkhita)
Ndasubiza
Bye
ସୁବିଦାୟ (shubidaaya)
N’agasaga
I Love You
ମୁଁ ତୁମକୁ ଭଲ ପାଏ (mu tumoku bhala paye)
Ndi waramutse
Excuse Me
କ୍ଷମା କରିବେ (kyamā karibe)
Ndasaba
Dialect 1
Baleswari
Rwanda-Rundi
Where They Speak
India
Burundi, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda
How Many People Speak
33,800,000.0020,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Ganjami
Ha
Where They Speak
India
Tanzania
How Many People Speak
33,800,000.00990,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Kosli
Shubi
Where They Speak
India
Tanzania
How Many People Speak
520,000.00153,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
86
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
33.00 million8.80 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.50 %0.13 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
33.00 million8.80 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
35.00 million12.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
ଓଡ଼ିଆ (ōṛiyā)
íkiRǔndi
Alternative Names
Odisha, Odri, Odrum, Oliya, Uriya, Utkali, Vadiya, Yudhia
Rundi, Urundi
French Name
oriya
rundi
German Name
Oriya-Sprache
Kirundi
Pronunciation
[ˈoɽia]
[kɪˈrʊndi]
Ethnicity
Odias
Hutu, Tutsi, and Twa
Origin
3 BC
1500
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
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Branch
Indic
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Standard Odia
Kirundi
Language Position
3286
1
120
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Signed Forms
Indian Signing System
Kirundi Sign Language
Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage
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ISO 639 1
or
rn
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
ori
run
ISO 639 2/B
ori
run
ISO 639 3
ori
run
ISO 639 6
ori
run
Glottocode
macr1269
rund1242
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
-
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
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Language Morphological Typology
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