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Oriya vs Chinese


Chinese vs Oriya


Countries

Countries
India  
China, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Taiwan  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
5  
10

National Language
India  
China, Taiwan  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Republic of Brazil  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Indonesia, Malaysia  

Regulated By
-  
Chinese Language Standardization Council, National Commission on Language and Script Work, Promote Mandarin Council  

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.
  
  • Chinese language is tonal, since meaning of a word changes according to its tone.
  • In Chinese language, there is no grammatical distinction between singular or plural, no declination of verbs according to tense, mood and aspect.
  

Similar To
Bengali and Assamese  
Japanese and Korean Languages  

Derived From
Sanskrit Language  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
42  
22
26  
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
11  
8
24  
19

How Many Consonants
31  
21
23  
13

Scripts
Bengali, Odia alphabet (Brahmic)  
Chinese Characters and derivatives  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
88 weeks  
19

Greetings

Hello
ନମସ୍କାର (namascara)  
您好 (Nín hǎo)  

Thank You
ଧନ୍ୟବାଦ୍ (dhanyabaad)  
谢谢 (Xièxiè)  

How Are You?
କେମିତି ଅତ୍ଚନ୍ଥି? (kemiti achanti?)  
你好吗? (Nǐ hǎo ma?)  

Good Night
ସୁଭରାତ୍ର (shubharaatra)  
晚安 (Wǎn'ān)  

Good Evening
ସୁଭସନ୍ଧ୍ୟା (subha sandhya)  
晚上好 (Wǎnshàng hǎo)  

Good Afternoon
ସୁଭ ଖରା ବେଳ (shubha kharaa bela)  
下午好 (Xiàwǔ hǎo)  

Good Morning
ସୁପ୍ରଭାତ (suprabhaata)  
早安 (Zǎo ān)  

Please
ଦୟାକରି  
请 (Qǐng)  

Sorry
ମୁଁ ଦୁଃଖିତ (mū duḥkhita)  
遗憾 (Yíhàn)  

Bye
ସୁବିଦାୟ (shubidaaya)  
再见 (Zàijiàn)  

I Love You
ମୁଁ ତୁମକୁ ଭଲ ପାଏ (mu tumoku bhala paye)  
我爱你 (Wǒ ài nǐ)  

Excuse Me
କ୍ଷମା କରିବେ (kyamā karibe)  
劳驾 (Láojià)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Baleswari  
Mandarin  

Where They Speak
India  
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan  

How Many People Speak
33,800,000.00  
22
960,000,000.00  
1

Dialect 2
Ganjami  
Wu  

Where They Speak
India  
China, United States of America  

How Many People Speak
33,800,000.00  
20
80,000,000.00  
6

Dialect 3
Kosli  
Yue  

Where They Speak
India  
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam  

How Many People Speak
520,000.00  
99+
60,000,000.00  
12

Total No. Of Dialects
8  
8
10  
10

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
33.00 million  
34
1,051.00 million  
2

Speaking Population
0.50 %  
31
16.00 %  
2

Native Speakers
33.00 million  
28
873.00 million  
1

Second Language Speakers
35.00 million  
24
178.00 million  
3

Native Name
ଓଡ଼ିଆ (ōṛiyā)  
中文 (zhōngwén)  

Alternative Names
Odisha, Odri, Odrum, Oliya, Uriya, Utkali, Vadiya, Yudhia  
Zhongwen, Hanyu  

French Name
oriya  
chinois  

German Name
Oriya-Sprache  
Chinesisch  

Pronunciation
[ˈoɽia]  
[ʈʂʰíŋ] [huà]  

Ethnicity
Odias  
Han  

History

Origin
3 BC  
1250 BC  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Sino-Tibetan Family  

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian  
-  

Branch
Indic  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Standard Odia  
Standard Chinese  

Language Position
32  
30
1  
1

Signed Forms
Indian Signing System  
Wenfa Shouyu 文法手語 ("Grammatical Sign Language", Signed Mandarin (Taiwan))  

Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
or  
zh  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ori  
zho  

ISO 639 2/B
ori  
chi  

ISO 639 3
ori  
zho  

ISO 639 6
ori  
zho  

Glottocode
macr1269  
sini1245  

Linguasphere
No data available  
79-AAA  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
Analytic, Isolating  

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Oriya and Chinese Language History

Comparison of Oriya vs Chinese language history gives us differences between origin of Oriya and Chinese language. History of Oriya language states that this language originated in 3 BC whereas history of Chinese language states that this language originated in 1250 BC. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Oriya and Chinese Language History.

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Oriya and Chinese Greetings

People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Oriya and Chinese greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Oriya and Chinese language. Oriya word for "Hello" is ନମସ୍କାର (namascara) or Chinese word for "Thank You" is 谢谢 (Xièxiè). Find more of such common Oriya Greetings and Chinese Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Oriya vs Chinese Difficulty

The Oriya vs Chinese difficulty level basically depends on the number of Oriya Alphabets and Chinese Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Oriya and Chinese are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Oriya and Chinese, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Oriya is 44 weeks while to learn Chinese time required is 88 weeks.

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