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Oriya
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Oriya Language

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Countries

Countries

India

Total No. Of Countries

1
Rank: 14 (Overall)
0 46
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National Language

India

Second Language

Not spoken in any of the countries

Speaking Continents

Asia

Minority Language

Not spoken in any of the countries

Regulated By

-

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.

Similar To

Bengali and Assamese

Derived From

Sanskrit Language

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

42
Rank: 22 (Overall)
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

11
Rank: 8 (Overall)
0 32
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How Many Consonants

31
Rank: 21 (Overall)
9 60
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Scripts

Bengali, Odia alphabet (Brahmic)

Writing Direction

Left-To-Right, Horizontal

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

3
Rank: 2 (Overall)
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

44 weeks
Rank: 17 (Overall)
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

ନମସ୍କାର (namascara)

Thank You

ଧନ୍ୟବାଦ୍ (dhanyabaad)

How Are You?

କେମିତି ଅତ୍ଚନ୍ଥି? (kemiti achanti?)

Good Night

ସୁଭରାତ୍ର (shubharaatra)

Good Evening

ସୁଭସନ୍ଧ୍ୟା (subha sandhya)

Good Afternoon

ସୁଭ ଖରା ବେଳ (shubha kharaa bela)

Good Morning

ସୁପ୍ରଭାତ (suprabhaata)

Please

ଦୟାକରି

Sorry

ମୁଁ ଦୁଃଖିତ (mū duḥkhita)

Bye

ସୁବିଦାୟ (shubidaaya)

I Love You

ମୁଁ ତୁମକୁ ଭଲ ପାଏ (mu tumoku bhala paye)

Excuse Me

କ୍ଷମା କରିବେ (kyamā karibe)

Dialects

Dialect 1

Baleswari

Where They Speak

India

How Many People Speak

33,800,000.00
Rank: 22 (Overall)
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Ganjami

Where They Speak

India

How Many People Speak

33,800,000.00
Rank: 20 (Overall)
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Kosli

Where They Speak

India

How Many People Speak

520,000.00
Rank: 58 (Overall)
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

8
Rank: 8 (Overall)
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

33.00 million
Rank: 34 (Overall)
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.50 %
Rank: 31 (Overall)
0 89
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Native Speakers

33.00 million
Rank: 28 (Overall)
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

35.00 million
Rank: 24 (Overall)
0.01 400
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Native Name

ଓଡ଼ିଆ (ōṛiyā)

Alternative Names

Odisha, Odri, Odrum, Oliya, Uriya, Utkali, Vadiya, Yudhia

French Name

oriya

German Name

Oriya-Sprache

Pronunciation

[ˈoɽia]

Ethnicity

Odias

History

Origin

3 BC

Language Family

Indo-European Family

Subgroup

Indo-Iranian

Branch

Indic

Language Forms

Early Forms

No early forms

Standard Forms

Standard Odia

Language Position

32
Rank: 30 (Overall)
1 120
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Signed Forms

Indian Signing System

Scope

Individual, Macrolanguage

Code

ISO 639 1

or

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

ori

ISO 639 2/B

ori

ISO 639 3

ori

ISO 639 6

ori

Glottocode

macr1269

Linguasphere

No data available

Types of Language

Language Type

Living

Language Linguistic Typology

Subject-Object-Verb

Language Morphological Typology

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Origin of Oriya language

In order to communicate with each other, the origin of language was the essential part. Various languages are spoken all over the world. Oriya language is one of the Easiest Languages to Learn. The origin of Oriya language states that it was put to use in 3 BC. The history of Oriya language reveals that the language is old and used since many years. Check out in brief about Oriya Language History. Oriya has no early forms. Standard Odia is the standard form of Oriya language and it is used in government centers. Know all About Oriya Language.

Oriya population

Oriya population gives us the total count of number of people speaking Oriya language. Oriya language is spoken by 33.00 million people in the world. Most of the Oriya population lies in the Oriya Speaking Countries. Oriya language is spoken as first language by 33.00 million people and as second language by about 35.00 million people. Get to know Oriya speaking population in detail.

Oriya writing system

There are numerous writing systems but most widely used scripts are Latin, Cyrillic and Arabic. Oriya writing system decides the alphabets, vowels and consonants i.e. the written form of Oriya language. Some languages share common writing systems. Bengali, Odia alphabet (Brahmic) script is used by Oriya language. Learn more about . 

Information about Oriya language

Check out all the information about Oriya language here. You may find it interesting to learn Oriya Alphabets or the vowels and consonants of this language. Also knowing about Oriya Speaking Countries, Oriya speaking continents and Oriya Dialects will help in improving your knowledge about this language. Also while travelling to Oriya countries knowing common Oriya Greetings will help you in communicating with Oriya people.