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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
-  
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  
17
44 weeks  
17

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
ଦୟାକରି  
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
33,800,000.00  
22
790,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Ganjami  
Bajhangi  

Where They Speak
India  
India, Nepal  

How Many People Speak
33,800,000.00  
20
17,000,000.00  
29

Dialect 3
Kosli  
Baitadeli  

Where They Speak
India  
Nepal  

How Many People Speak
520,000.00  
99+
17,000,000.00  
26

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 %  
31
0.25 %  
99+

Native Speakers
33.00 million  
28
25.00 million  
32

Second Language Speakers
35.00 million  
24
5.00 million  
99+

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]  
[neˈpali]  

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  
30
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
ori  
nep  

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
-  
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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