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Oriya and Nepali


Nepali and Oriya


Countries

Countries
India   
India, Nepal   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
2   
13

National Language
India   
Nepal   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Republic of Brazil   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Asia   

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
People's Republic of China   

Regulated By
Not Available   
Language Academy of Nepal   

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.
  
  • Before the term "Nepali" was coined, historically the language was first called the Khas language, Gorkhali or Gukhali.
  • Nepali has borrowed many loanwords from neighboring Tibeto-Burmese languages.
  

Similar To
Bengali and Assamese   
Hindi   

Derived From
Sanskrit Language   
Sanskrit Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
42   
22
48   
28

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
11   
8
12   
9

How Many Consonants
31   
21
36   
26

Scripts
Bengali, Odia alphabet (Brahmic)   
Devanagari   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
ନମସ୍କାର (namascara)   
नमस्ते (namaste)   

Thank You
ଧନ୍ୟବାଦ୍ (dhanyabaad)   
धन्यवाद (dhanyabad)   

How Are You?
କେମିତି ଅତ୍ଚନ୍ଥି? (kemiti achanti?)   
तिमीलाई कस्तो छ? (timi lai kasto cha?)   

Good Night
ସୁଭରାତ୍ର (shubharaatra)   
शुभ रात्री (subha ratri)   

Good Evening
ସୁଭସନ୍ଧ୍ୟା (subha sandhya)   
शुभ सन्ध्या (subha sandhya)   

Good Afternoon
ସୁଭ ଖରା ବେଳ (shubha kharaa bela)   
Good afternoon   

Good Morning
ସୁପ୍ରଭାତ (suprabhaata)   
शुभ प्रभात (subha prabhat)   

Please
Not Available   
कृपया   

Sorry
ମୁଁ ଦୁଃଖିତ (mū duḥkhita)   
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)   

Bye
ସୁବିଦାୟ (shubidaaya)   
नमस्ते (namaste)   

I Love You
ମୁଁ ତୁମକୁ ଭଲ ପାଏ (mu tumoku bhala paye)   
म तपाइलाइ माया गर्छु। (ma tapainlai maya garchu)   

Excuse Me
କ୍ଷମା କରିବେ (kyamā karibe)   
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Baleswari   
Doteli   

Where They Speak
India   
Nepal   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
790,000.00   
30

Dialect 2
Ganjami   
Bajhangi   

Where They Speak
India   
India, Nepal   

Dialect 3
Kosli   
Baitadeli   

Where They Speak
India   
Nepal   

How Many People Speak
520,000.00   
21
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
8   
8
12   
12

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
33.00 million   
34
30.00 million   
36

Speaking Population
0.50 %   
29
0.25 %   
99+

Native Speakers
33.00 million   
28
25.00 million   
32

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
5.00 million   
29

Native Name
ଓଡ଼ିଆ (ōṛiyā)   
नेपाली (nēpālī)   

Alternative Names
Odisha, Odri, Odrum, Oliya, Uriya, Utkali, Vadiya, Yudhia   
Eastern Pahadi, Gorkhali, Gurkhali, Khaskura, Nepalese, Parbate   

French Name
oriya   
népalais   

German Name
Oriya-Sprache   
Nepali   

Pronunciation
[ˈoɽia]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Odias   
Gurkha, Khas people, Madhesi and Tharu   

History

Origin
3 BC   
19 BC   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian   
Indo-Iranian   

Branch
Indic   
Indic   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Khas language, Gurkhali, Parbatiya, Dzongkha Lhotshammikha   

Standard Forms
Standard Odia   
Nepali   

Language Position
32   
26
59   
99+

Signed Forms
Indian Signing System   
Signed Nepali   

Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage   
Individual, Macrolanguage   

Code

ISO 639 1
or   
ne   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ori   
nep   

ISO 639 2/B
ori   
nep   

ISO 639 3
ori   
npi   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
macr1269   
nepa1254   

Linguasphere
No data available   
12   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb   
Subject-Object-Verb   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Agglutinative   

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

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Oriya and Nepali Speaking population

Oriya and Nepali speaking population is one of the factors based on which Oriya and Nepali languages can be compared. The total count of Oriya and Nepali Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Oriya language is 0.50 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Nepali language is 0.25 %. 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 Nepali on Oriya vs Nepali where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Oriya and Nepali Language Codes

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

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