Countries
India
Barbados, Belize, Botswana, Cameroon, Canada, Dominica, Fiji, Ghana, India, Ireland, Jamaica, Kenya, Malta, Mauritius, Micronesia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Samoa, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Somaliland, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda, United Kingdom, Zambia, Zimbabwe
National Language
India
Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Gibraltar, Grenada, Guam, Guyana, Jersey, Montserrat, Nauru, Singapore, Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom, United States of America
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
India, Nigeria, Pakistan, Singapore
Speaking Continents
Asia
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, South America
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
South Africa
Regulated By
Not Available
Not Available
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.
- Most of the English words begin with the letter S than any other letter.
- English is third most commonly spoken language in the world.
Similar To
Bengali and Assamese
Not Available
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Latin
Alphabets in
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Scripts
Bengali, Odia alphabet (Brahmic)
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
ନମସ୍କାର (namascara)
Hello
Thank You
ଧନ୍ୟବାଦ୍ (dhanyabaad)
Thank you
How Are You?
କେମିତି ଅତ୍ଚନ୍ଥି? (kemiti achanti?)
How are you?
Good Night
ସୁଭରାତ୍ର (shubharaatra)
Good Night
Good Evening
ସୁଭସନ୍ଧ୍ୟା (subha sandhya)
Good Evening
Good Afternoon
ସୁଭ ଖରା ବେଳ (shubha kharaa bela)
Good Afternoon
Good Morning
ସୁପ୍ରଭାତ (suprabhaata)
Good Morning
Please
Not Available
Please
Sorry
ମୁଁ ଦୁଃଖିତ (mū duḥkhita)
Sorry
Bye
ସୁବିଦାୟ (shubidaaya)
Bye
I Love You
ମୁଁ ତୁମକୁ ଭଲ ପାଏ (mu tumoku bhala paye)
I love you
Excuse Me
କ୍ଷମା କରିବେ (kyamā karibe)
Excuse Me
Dialect 1
Baleswari
American English
Where They Speak
India
United States of America
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Ganjami
Hiberno-English
Where They Speak
India
Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Kosli
Welsh English
Where They Speak
India
United Kingdom
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
ଓଡ଼ିଆ (ōṛiyā)
English
Alternative Names
Odisha, Odri, Odrum, Oliya, Uriya, Utkali, Vadiya, Yudhia
Not Available
French Name
oriya
anglais
German Name
Oriya-Sprache
Englisch
Pronunciation
[ˈoɽia]
/ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ/
Ethnicity
Odias
Not Available
Origin
3 BC
5th Century AD
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Not Available
Branch
Indic
Not Available
Early Forms
No early forms
Old English, Middle English, Early Modern English and English
Standard Forms
Standard Odia
Standard English
Signed Forms
Indian Signing System
Signed English
Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
engs
Glottocode
macr1269
stan1293
Linguasphere
No data available
52-ABA
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Analytic, Fusional, Isolating, Synthetic
Oriya and English 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 English greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Oriya and English language. Oriya word for "Hello" is ନମସ୍କାର (namascara) or English word for "Thank You" is Thank you. Find more of such common Oriya Greetings and English Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Oriya vs English Difficulty
The Oriya vs English difficulty level basically depends on the number of Oriya Alphabets and English 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 English are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Oriya and English, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Oriya is 44 weeks while to learn English time required is 6 weeks.