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Oriya and Urdu


Urdu and Oriya


Countries

Countries
India   
India, Pakistan   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
2   
13

National Language
India   
Pakistan   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Pakistan   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Asia, Oceania   

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
India   

Regulated By
Not Available   
National Council for Promotion of Urdu Language, India, National Language Authority, Pakistan   

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.
  
  • Urdu is a language of beauty and grace, that adds meaning to prose and charm to poetry.
  • Different languages such as Arabic, Persian and Turkish gave birth and richness to Urdu.
  

Similar To
Bengali and Assamese   
Arabic and Hindi Languages   

Derived From
Sanskrit Language   
Ghaznavid Persian Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
42   
22
52   
31

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
11   
8
10   
7

How Many Consonants
31   
21
40   
29

Scripts
Bengali, Odia alphabet (Brahmic)   
Arabic   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
4   
3

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
ନମସ୍କାର (namascara)   
خوش آمديد   

Thank You
ଧନ୍ୟବାଦ୍ (dhanyabaad)   
آپ کا شکریہ   

How Are You?
କେମିତି ଅତ୍ଚନ୍ଥି? (kemiti achanti?)   
آپ کیسے ہیں؟   

Good Night
ସୁଭରାତ୍ର (shubharaatra)   
گڈ نائٹ   

Good Evening
ସୁଭସନ୍ଧ୍ୟା (subha sandhya)   
سلام علیکم   

Good Afternoon
ସୁଭ ଖରା ବେଳ (shubha kharaa bela)   
گڈ آفٹر نون   

Good Morning
ସୁପ୍ରଭାତ (suprabhaata)   
گڈ مارننگ   

Please
Not Available   
براہ مہربانی   

Sorry
ମୁଁ ଦୁଃଖିତ (mū duḥkhita)   
معاف کرنا   

Bye
ସୁବିଦାୟ (shubidaaya)   
الوداع   

I Love You
ମୁଁ ତୁମକୁ ଭଲ ପାଏ (mu tumoku bhala paye)   
مجھے تم سے محبت   

Excuse Me
କ୍ଷମା କରିବେ (kyamā karibe)   
معاف کیجئے گا   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Baleswari   
Dakhini   

Where They Speak
India   
India   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
11,000,000.00   
12

Dialect 2
Ganjami   
Hyderabadi Urdu   

Where They Speak
India   
India   

Dialect 3
Kosli   
Rekhta   

Where They Speak
India   
South Asia   

How Many People Speak
520,000.00   
21
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
8   
8
3   
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
33.00 million   
34
104.00 million   
15

Speaking Population
0.50 %   
29
0.99 %   
20

Native Speakers
33.00 million   
28
61.00 million   
19

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
43.00 million   
14

Native Name
ଓଡ଼ିଆ (ōṛiyā)   
اُردُو   

Alternative Names
Odisha, Odri, Odrum, Oliya, Uriya, Utkali, Vadiya, Yudhia   
Bihari   

French Name
oriya   
ourdou   

German Name
Oriya-Sprache   
Urdu   

Pronunciation
[ˈoɽia]   
[ˈʊrd̪u]   

Ethnicity
Odias   
Not Available   

History

Origin
3 BC   
12th Century CE   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian   
Indo-Iranian   

Branch
Indic   
Indic   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Standard Odia   
Modern Standard Urdu   

Language Position
32   
26
20   
18

Signed Forms
Indian Signing System   
Signed Urdu   

Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
or   
ur   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ori   
urd   

ISO 639 2/B
ori   
urd   

ISO 639 3
ori   
urd   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
macr1269   
urdu1245   

Linguasphere
No data available   
59-AAF-q   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Fusional   

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

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Oriya and Urdu Speaking population

Oriya and Urdu speaking population is one of the factors based on which Oriya and Urdu languages can be compared. The total count of Oriya and Urdu Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Oriya language is 0.50 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Urdu language is 0.99 %. 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 Urdu on Oriya vs Urdu where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Oriya and Urdu Language Codes

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

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