Countries
India
South Africa
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
👆🏻
National Language
India
South Africa
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Namibia, South Africa
Speaking Continents
Asia
Africa
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Regulated By
-
Die Taalkommissie, National Languages Committee
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.
- Afrikaans Language is a mixture of English, Dutch, German, French and some South African language like Xhosa.
- Afrikaans Language lacks case and gender distinctions.
Similar To
Bengali and Assamese
Dutch Language
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Dutch Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
4232
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
1115
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
3117
9
60
👆🏻
Scripts
Bengali, Odia alphabet (Brahmic)
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
33
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks24 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Hello
ନମସ୍କାର (namascara)
hallo
Thank You
ଧନ୍ୟବାଦ୍ (dhanyabaad)
Dankie
How Are You?
କେମିତି ଅତ୍ଚନ୍ଥି? (kemiti achanti?)
Hoe gaan dit
Good Night
ସୁଭରାତ୍ର (shubharaatra)
goeie nag
Good Evening
ସୁଭସନ୍ଧ୍ୟା (subha sandhya)
Goeienaand
Good Afternoon
ସୁଭ ଖରା ବେଳ (shubha kharaa bela)
Goeie middag
Good Morning
ସୁପ୍ରଭାତ (suprabhaata)
goeie more
Please
ଦୟାକରି
asseblief
Sorry
ମୁଁ ଦୁଃଖିତ (mū duḥkhita)
jammer
Bye
ସୁବିଦାୟ (shubidaaya)
Totsiens
I Love You
ମୁଁ ତୁମକୁ ଭଲ ପାଏ (mu tumoku bhala paye)
Ek het jou lief
Excuse Me
କ୍ଷମା କରିବେ (kyamā karibe)
Verskoon my
Dialect 1
Baleswari
Kaapse Afrikaans
Where They Speak
India
-
How Many People Speak
33,800,000.007,700,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Ganjami
Oranjeriverafrikaans
Where They Speak
India
-
How Many People Speak
33,800,000.007,700,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Kosli
Baster Afrikaans
Where They Speak
India
Namibia
How Many People Speak
520,000.007.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
83
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
33.00 million19.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.50 %0.03 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
33.00 million7.10 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
35.00 million10.30 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
ଓଡ଼ିଆ (ōṛiyā)
Afrikaans
Alternative Names
Odisha, Odri, Odrum, Oliya, Uriya, Utkali, Vadiya, Yudhia
Cape Dutch
French Name
oriya
afrikaans
German Name
Oriya-Sprache
Afrikaans
Pronunciation
[ˈoɽia]
[ɐfriˈkɑːns]
Ethnicity
Odias
Afrikaners
Origin
3 BC
17th Century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Germanic
Branch
Indic
Western
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Cape dutch or kitchen dutch
Standard Forms
Standard Odia
Standard Afrikaans
Language Position
3223
1
120
👆🏻
Signed Forms
Indian Signing System
Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)
Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage
Individual
ISO 639 1
or
af
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
ori
afr
ISO 639 2/B
ori
afr
ISO 639 3
ori
afr
ISO 639 6
ori
afrs
Glottocode
macr1269
afri1274
Linguasphere
No data available
52-ACB-ba
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
-
Analytic