Countries
India
Ethiopia, Kenya
Total No. Of Countries
12
0
46
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National Language
India
Ethiopia
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
Somalia
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.
- Oromo language is the third most spoken language in Africa.
- Oromo is most spoken language in Cushitic Family.
Similar To
Bengali and Assamese
Somali Language
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
4234
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
1110
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
3124
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 weeks44 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Hello
ନମସ୍କାର (namascara)
akkam
Thank You
ଧନ୍ୟବାଦ୍ (dhanyabaad)
Galatoomi
How Are You?
କେମିତି ଅତ୍ଚନ୍ଥି? (kemiti achanti?)
Attam jirta/jirtu?
Good Night
ସୁଭରାତ୍ର (shubharaatra)
Nagayattii buli
Good Evening
ସୁଭସନ୍ଧ୍ୟା (subha sandhya)
Akkam waarite
Good Afternoon
ସୁଭ ଖରା ବେଳ (shubha kharaa bela)
Attam oolte / ooltan
Good Morning
ସୁପ୍ରଭାତ (suprabhaata)
Attam bulte/bultan
Please
ଦୟାକରି
Maaloo
Sorry
ମୁଁ ଦୁଃଖିତ (mū duḥkhita)
naa dhiisi
Bye
ସୁବିଦାୟ (shubidaaya)
Nagayattii!
I Love You
ମୁଁ ତୁମକୁ ଭଲ ପାଏ (mu tumoku bhala paye)
Sin jaaladha
Excuse Me
କ୍ଷମା କରିବେ (kyamā karibe)
Maaloo na dabarsi
Dialect 1
Baleswari
Borana
Where They Speak
India
Ethiopia, Kenya
How Many People Speak
33,800,000.004,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Ganjami
Orma
Where They Speak
India
Kenya
How Many People Speak
33,800,000.0066,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Kosli
Wata
Where They Speak
India
Kenya
How Many People Speak
520,000.0013,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
817
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
33.00 million25.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.50 %0.36 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
33.00 million24.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
35.00 million35.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
ଓଡ଼ିଆ (ōṛiyā)
Afaan Oromo
Alternative Names
Odisha, Odri, Odrum, Oliya, Uriya, Utkali, Vadiya, Yudhia
Afaan Oromoo
French Name
oriya
galla
German Name
Oriya-Sprache
Galla-Sprache
Pronunciation
[ˈoɽia]
[ɔrɔmɔ]
Ethnicity
Odias
Oromos
Origin
3 BC
16
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Cushitic
Branch
Indic
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Standard Odia
Afaan Oromo
Language Position
3291
1
120
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Signed Forms
Indian Signing System
Oromo Sign Language
Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage
Macrolanguage
ISO 639 1
or
om
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
ori
orm
ISO 639 2/B
ori
orm
ISO 639 3
ori
orm
ISO 639 6
ori
orm
Glottocode
macr1269
nucl1736
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
-
Language Morphological Typology
-
-