Countries
India
India, Nepal
Total No. Of Countries
12
0
46
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National Language
India
India, Nepal
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Nepal
Speaking Continents
Asia
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.
- Earlier, Maithili language was considered as the dialect of Hindi and Bengali, however in the year 2003 Maithili achieved an independent language status in India.
- Maithili has rich literature.
Similar To
Bengali and Assamese
Bhojpuri Language
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
4247
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
118
0
32
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How Many Consonants
3122
9
60
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Scripts
Bengali, Odia alphabet (Brahmic)
Devanagari
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
36
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
ନମସ୍କାର (namascara)
pranam
Thank You
ଧନ୍ୟବାଦ୍ (dhanyabaad)
dhanyabad
How Are You?
କେମିତି ଅତ୍ଚନ୍ଥି? (kemiti achanti?)
Aahan kehan chhi ?
Good Night
ସୁଭରାତ୍ର (shubharaatra)
Śubharātri
Good Evening
ସୁଭସନ୍ଧ୍ୟା (subha sandhya)
shubh sandhya
Good Afternoon
ସୁଭ ଖରା ବେଳ (shubha kharaa bela)
dopahar ke bad namaskar
Good Morning
ସୁପ୍ରଭାତ (suprabhaata)
Suprabhaat
Please
ଦୟାକରି
kripaya
Sorry
ମୁଁ ଦୁଃଖିତ (mū duḥkhita)
maf karai
Bye
ସୁବିଦାୟ (shubidaaya)
Alavidā
I Love You
ମୁଁ ତୁମକୁ ଭଲ ପାଏ (mu tumoku bhala paye)
hawm ahāṃ se prem karechi
Excuse Me
କ୍ଷମା କରିବେ (kyamā karibe)
kripaya
Dialect 1
Baleswari
Tharuwat
Where They Speak
India
Nepal
How Many People Speak
33,800,000.0035,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Ganjami
Madhubani
Where They Speak
India
North India
How Many People Speak
33,800,000.0035,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Kosli
Khortha
Where They Speak
India
Deoghar, France
How Many People Speak
520,000.0035,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
815
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
33.00 million32.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.50 %0.41 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
33.00 million27.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
35.00 million2.80 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
ଓଡ଼ିଆ (ōṛiyā)
मैथिली (mɛtʰilī)
Alternative Names
Odisha, Odri, Odrum, Oliya, Uriya, Utkali, Vadiya, Yudhia
Apabhramsa, Bihari, Maitili, Maitli, Methli, Tirahutia, Tirhuti, Tirhutia
French Name
oriya
maithili
German Name
Oriya-Sprache
Maithili
Pronunciation
[ˈoɽia]
[ˈmaitʰili]
Ethnicity
Odias
Maithil
Origin
3 BC
14th 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
Standard Maithili
Language Position
3240
1
120
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Signed Forms
Indian Signing System
Maithili Sign Language
Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage
Individual
ISO 639 1
or
No data available
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
ori
mai
ISO 639 2/B
ori
mai
ISO 639 3
ori
mai
ISO 639 6
ori
mai
Glottocode
macr1269
mait1250
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
-
Language Morphological Typology
-
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