Countries
India
India, Manipur
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
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National Language
India
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Assam, Manipur, Tripura
Regulated By
-
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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.
- Meithei Language is currently classified as a vulnerable language by UNESCO.
- The oldest document in Methei language was dated back in 8th century were inscriptions on the copper plate.
Similar To
Bengali and Assamese
Bengali, Odia, Maithili and Meithei Languages
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
4227
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
116
0
32
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How Many Consonants
3115
9
60
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Scripts
Bengali, Odia alphabet (Brahmic)
Bengali
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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Hard to Learn
Language Levels
33
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
ନମସ୍କାର (namascara)
Khurumjari
Thank You
ଧନ୍ୟବାଦ୍ (dhanyabaad)
Yamna nungaijare
How Are You?
କେମିତି ଅତ୍ଚନ୍ଥି? (kemiti achanti?)
Nung_ngai_biribra adombo?
Good Night
ସୁଭରାତ୍ର (shubharaatra)
Athengba Ahing
Good Evening
ସୁଭସନ୍ଧ୍ୟା (subha sandhya)
মানিপুরি
Good Afternoon
ସୁଭ ଖରା ବେଳ (shubha kharaa bela)
দুপুরোয়াক নমস্কাৰ
Good Morning
ସୁପ୍ରଭାତ (suprabhaata)
Nongale haugatl
Please
ଦୟାକରି
Chanbiduna
Sorry
ମୁଁ ଦୁଃଖିତ (mū duḥkhita)
Saobiganu
Bye
ସୁବିଦାୟ (shubidaaya)
Chatcharage
I Love You
ମୁଁ ତୁମକୁ ଭଲ ପାଏ (mu tumoku bhala paye)
Eina nangbu nungsi
Excuse Me
କ୍ଷମା କରିବେ (kyamā karibe)
দুঃখিত
Dialect 1
Baleswari
Loi
Where They Speak
India
Burma, Laos
How Many People Speak
33,800,000.005,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Ganjami
Pangal
Where They Speak
India
Bangladesh, India
How Many People Speak
33,800,000.00273,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Kosli
Meithei proper
Where They Speak
India
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India
How Many People Speak
520,000.001,250,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
86
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
33.00 million1.50 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.50 %0.01 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
33.00 million1.50 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
35.00 million1.50 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
ଓଡ଼ିଆ (ōṛiyā)
মৈইতৈইলোন
Alternative Names
Odisha, Odri, Odrum, Oliya, Uriya, Utkali, Vadiya, Yudhia
Kathe, Kathi, Manipuri, Meiteilon, Meiteiron, Meithe, Meitei, Menipuri, Mitei, Mithe, Ponna
French Name
oriya
Meithei
German Name
Oriya-Sprache
Meithei
Pronunciation
[ˈoɽia]
[ˈmeɪteɪ]
Ethnicity
Odias
Meithei people
Origin
3 BC
1700
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Tibeto-Burman
Branch
Indic
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Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Standard Odia
Standard Meithei
Language Position
3238
1
120
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Signed Forms
Indian Signing System
Meithei Sign Language
Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage
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ISO 639 1
or
No data available
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
ori
mni
ISO 639 2/B
ori
mni
ISO 639 3
ori
mni
ISO 639 6
ori
mni
Glottocode
macr1269
mani1292
Linguasphere
No data available
omp
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
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Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
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Language Morphological Typology
-
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