Countries
India
Malawi, Zimbabwe
Total No. Of Countries
12
0
46
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National Language
India
Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Africa
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Zambia
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.
- Chewa is one of the 55 languages featured on the Voyager spacecraft.
- Most widely known language of Malawi is Chewa.
Similar To
Bengali and Assamese
Zulu language
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
4231
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
115
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
3118
9
60
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Scripts
Bengali, Odia alphabet (Brahmic)
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
35
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks32 weeks
3
88
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Hello
ନମସ୍କାର (namascara)
Moni
Thank You
ଧନ୍ୟବାଦ୍ (dhanyabaad)
Zikomo
How Are You?
କେମିତି ଅତ୍ଚନ୍ଥି? (kemiti achanti?)
Muli bwanji?
Good Night
ସୁଭରାତ୍ର (shubharaatra)
Usiku wabwino
Good Evening
ସୁଭସନ୍ଧ୍ୟା (subha sandhya)
Madzulo abwino
Good Afternoon
ସୁଭ ଖରା ବେଳ (shubha kharaa bela)
Masana abwino
Good Morning
ସୁପ୍ରଭାତ (suprabhaata)
M'mawa wabwino
Please
ଦୟାକରି
Chonde
Sorry
ମୁଁ ଦୁଃଖିତ (mū duḥkhita)
pepani
Bye
ସୁବିଦାୟ (shubidaaya)
anatsanzikana
I Love You
ମୁଁ ତୁମକୁ ଭଲ ପାଏ (mu tumoku bhala paye)
Ndimakukondani
Excuse Me
କ୍ଷମା କରିବେ (kyamā karibe)
Pepani
Dialect 1
Baleswari
Kasungu
Where They Speak
India
Malawi, Zambia
How Many People Speak
33,800,000.0012,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Ganjami
Kikamtunda
Where They Speak
India
Malawi, Zambia
How Many People Speak
33,800,000.0010,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Kosli
Kimaravi
Where They Speak
India
Malawi, Zambia
How Many People Speak
520,000.001,200,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
85
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
33.00 million12.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.50 %0.17 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
33.00 million12.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
35.00 million1.50 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
ଓଡ଼ିଆ (ōṛiyā)
Nyanja
Alternative Names
Odisha, Odri, Odrum, Oliya, Uriya, Utkali, Vadiya, Yudhia
Chichewa, Chinyanja, Nyanja, Nyanja-Chewa
French Name
oriya
chichewa; chewa; nyanja
German Name
Oriya-Sprache
Nyanja-Sprache
Pronunciation
[ˈoɽia]
[ˈtʃewa]
Ethnicity
Odias
Chewa people
Origin
3 BC
15th Century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Benue-Congo
Branch
Indic
Bantu
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Standard Odia
Chewa
Language Position
3227
1
120
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Signed Forms
Indian Signing System
Chewa Sign Language
Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage
Individual
ISO 639 1
or
ny
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
ori
nya
ISO 639 2/B
ori
nya
ISO 639 3
ori
nya
ISO 639 6
ori
nya
Glottocode
macr1269
nyan1308
Linguasphere
No data available
99-AUS-xaa – xag
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
-
Language Morphological Typology
-
-