Countries
India
Sri Lanka
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
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National Language
India
Sri Lanka
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Sri Lanka
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
-
Hela Havula (හෙළ හවුල)
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 Sinhalese language, there are many loanwords from Dravidian languages mainly Tamil, Portuguese, Dutch and English.
- Sinhalese language has it own script/ writing system.
Similar To
Bengali and Assamese
Maldivian Language
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
4254
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
1118
0
32
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How Many Consonants
3136
9
60
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Scripts
Bengali, Odia alphabet (Brahmic)
Sinhala alphabet
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
32
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
ନମସ୍କାର (namascara)
හලෝ (halō)
Thank You
ଧନ୍ୟବାଦ୍ (dhanyabaad)
ඔබට ස්තුතියි (obaṭa stutiyi)
How Are You?
କେମିତି ଅତ୍ଚନ୍ଥି? (kemiti achanti?)
ඔබ කොහොමද (oba kohomada)
Good Night
ସୁଭରାତ୍ର (shubharaatra)
සුභ රාත්රියක් (subha rātriyak)
Good Evening
ସୁଭସନ୍ଧ୍ୟା (subha sandhya)
සුබ සැන්දෑවක් (suba sændǣvak)
Good Afternoon
ସୁଭ ଖରା ବେଳ (shubha kharaa bela)
සුභ සන්ධ්යාවක් (subha sandhyāvak)
Good Morning
ସୁପ୍ରଭାତ (suprabhaata)
සුභ උදෑසනක් (subha udǣsanak)
Please
ଦୟାକରି
කරුණාකර (karuṇākara)
Sorry
ମୁଁ ଦୁଃଖିତ (mū duḥkhita)
සමාවන්න (samāvanna)
Bye
ସୁବିଦାୟ (shubidaaya)
බායි (bāyi)
I Love You
ମୁଁ ତୁମକୁ ଭଲ ପାଏ (mu tumoku bhala paye)
මම ඔයාට ආදරෙයි (mama oyāṭa ādareyi)
Excuse Me
କ୍ଷମା କରିବେ (kyamā karibe)
මට සමාවෙන්න (maṭa samāvenna)
Dialect 1
Baleswari
Vedda
Where They Speak
India
Sri Lanka
How Many People Speak
33,800,000.0019,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Ganjami
Sri Lankan Sinhala
Where They Speak
India
-
How Many People Speak
33,800,000.0019,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Kosli
Up-Country Sinhalese
Where They Speak
India
-
How Many People Speak
520,000.0016,000,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
81
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
33.00 million16.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.50 %0.25 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
33.00 million16.00 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
35.00 million2.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
ଓଡ଼ିଆ (ōṛiyā)
සිංහල (sĩhala)
Alternative Names
Odisha, Odri, Odrum, Oliya, Uriya, Utkali, Vadiya, Yudhia
Cingalese, Singhala, Singhalese, Sinhala
French Name
oriya
singhalais
German Name
Oriya-Sprache
Singhalesisch
Pronunciation
[ˈoɽia]
[ˈsiŋhəliːz]
Ethnicity
Odias
Sinhalese people
Origin
3 BC
3
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Indo-Iranian
Branch
Indic
Indic
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Sinhalese Prakrit
Standard Forms
Standard Odia
Modern Sinhalese
Language Position
3270
1
120
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Signed Forms
Indian Signing System
Signed Sinhalese
Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage
Individual
ISO 639 1
or
si
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
ori
sin
ISO 639 2/B
ori
sin
ISO 639 3
ori
sin
ISO 639 6
ori
sin
Glottocode
macr1269
sinh1246
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
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Fusional