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Oriya vs Sanskrit


Sanskrit vs Oriya


Countries

Countries
India  
India  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

National Language
India  
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  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

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.
  
  • Sanskrit language has highest number of vocabularies than any other language.
  • Sanskrit Language has proved to help in speech therapy, also it increases concentration and helps to learn maths and science better.
  

Similar To
Bengali and Assamese  
Old German Language  

Derived From
Sanskrit Language  
Prakrit Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
42  
22
52  
31

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
11  
8
16  
13

How Many Consonants
31  
21
36  
26

Scripts
Bengali, Odia alphabet (Brahmic)  
Devanagari  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
20 weeks  
5

Greetings

Hello
ନମସ୍କାର (namascara)  
नमस्कारः (namaskāraḥ)  

Thank You
ଧନ୍ୟବାଦ୍ (dhanyabaad)  
धन्यवादाः (dhanyawādāh)  

How Are You?
କେମିତି ଅତ୍ଚନ୍ଥି? (kemiti achanti?)  
कथमस्ति भवान् (kathamasti bhawān)  

Good Night
ସୁଭରାତ୍ର (shubharaatra)  
शुभरात्री (shubharātrī)  

Good Evening
ସୁଭସନ୍ଧ୍ୟା (subha sandhya)  
शुभः सायंकालः  

Good Afternoon
ସୁଭ ଖରା ବେଳ (shubha kharaa bela)  
शुभ दुपार  

Good Morning
ସୁପ୍ରଭାତ (suprabhaata)  
सुप्रभातम् (suprabhātam)  

Please
ଦୟାକରି  
कृपया (kripayā)  

Sorry
ମୁଁ ଦୁଃଖିତ (mū duḥkhita)  
कृपया क्षम्यताम् (kripayā kshamyatām)  

Bye
ସୁବିଦାୟ (shubidaaya)  
पुनः मिलामः(punah milamah)  

I Love You
ମୁଁ ତୁମକୁ ଭଲ ପାଏ (mu tumoku bhala paye)  
त्वामनुरजामि (twāmanurajāmi)  

Excuse Me
କ୍ଷମା କରିବେ (kyamā karibe)  
कृपया क्षम्यताम् (kripayā kshamyatām)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Baleswari  
Not present  

Where They Speak
India  
-  

How Many People Speak
33,800,000.00  
22
140,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Ganjami  
Not present  

Where They Speak
India  
-  

How Many People Speak
33,800,000.00  
20
140,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Kosli  
Not present  

Where They Speak
India  
-  

How Many People Speak
520,000.00  
99+
140,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
8  
8
0  

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
33.00 million  
34
14.10 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.50 %  
31
0.01 %  
99+

Native Speakers
33.00 million  
28
14.10 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
35.00 million  
24
-  

Native Name
ଓଡ଼ିଆ (ōṛiyā)  
संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam)  

Alternative Names
Odisha, Odri, Odrum, Oliya, Uriya, Utkali, Vadiya, Yudhia  
Saṃskṛtam, Sanskritam  

French Name
oriya  
sanskrit  

German Name
Oriya-Sprache  
Sanskrit  

Pronunciation
[ˈoɽia]  
[səmskr̩t̪əm]  

Ethnicity
Odias  
Sanskrit speakers  

History

Origin
3 BC  
2000 B.C.  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian  
Indo-Iranian  

Branch
Indic  
Indic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Vedic Sanskrit  

Standard Forms
Standard Odia  
Sanskrit  

Language Position
32  
30
23  
21

Signed Forms
Indian Signing System  
-  

Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
or  
sa  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ori  
san  

ISO 639 2/B
ori  
san  

ISO 639 3
ori  
san  

ISO 639 6
ori  
san  

Glottocode
macr1269  
sans1269  

Linguasphere
No data available  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Ancient  

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

Language Morphological Typology
-  
Synthetic  

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Oriya and Sanskrit Language History

Comparison of Oriya vs Sanskrit language history gives us differences between origin of Oriya and Sanskrit language. History of Oriya language states that this language originated in 3 BC whereas history of Sanskrit language states that this language originated in 2000 B.C.. 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 Sanskrit Language History.

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Oriya and Sanskrit 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 Sanskrit greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Oriya and Sanskrit language. Oriya word for "Hello" is ନମସ୍କାର (namascara) or Sanskrit word for "Thank You" is धन्यवादाः (dhanyawādāh). Find more of such common Oriya Greetings and Sanskrit Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Oriya vs Sanskrit Difficulty

The Oriya vs Sanskrit difficulty level basically depends on the number of Oriya Alphabets and Sanskrit 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 Sanskrit are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Oriya and Sanskrit, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Oriya is 44 weeks while to learn Sanskrit time required is 20 weeks.

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