Countries
India
African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community, Kenya
Total No. Of Countries
14
0
46
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National Language
India
Burundi, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, South Sudan, Tanzania
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
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
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Chama cha Kiswahili cha Taifa (Kenya)
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.
- Swahili language has borrowed many words from Arabic language.
- The oldest written scripts in swahili language were found in 18th century.
Similar To
Bengali and Assamese
Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi Languages
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Arabic Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
4224
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
115
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
3121
9
60
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Scripts
Bengali, Odia alphabet (Brahmic)
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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Hard to Learn
Language Levels
33
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks36 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Hello
ନମସ୍କାର (namascara)
Habari
Thank You
ଧନ୍ୟବାଦ୍ (dhanyabaad)
Asante
How Are You?
କେମିତି ଅତ୍ଚନ୍ଥି? (kemiti achanti?)
Habari gani?
Good Night
ସୁଭରାତ୍ର (shubharaatra)
Usiku mwema
Good Evening
ସୁଭସନ୍ଧ୍ୟା (subha sandhya)
Habari za jioni
Good Afternoon
ସୁଭ ଖରା ବେଳ (shubha kharaa bela)
nzuri Alasiri
Good Morning
ସୁପ୍ରଭାତ (suprabhaata)
Habari za asubuhi
Please
ଦୟାକରି
tafadhali
Sorry
ମୁଁ ଦୁଃଖିତ (mū duḥkhita)
pole
Bye
ସୁବିଦାୟ (shubidaaya)
bye
I Love You
ମୁଁ ତୁମକୁ ଭଲ ପାଏ (mu tumoku bhala paye)
nakupenda
Excuse Me
କ୍ଷମା କରିବେ (kyamā karibe)
Samahani
Dialect 1
Baleswari
Kiunguja
Where They Speak
India
Zanzibar island
How Many People Speak
33,800,000.0075,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Ganjami
Kimrima
Where They Speak
India
Dar es Salaam
How Many People Speak
33,800,000.0075,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Kosli
Kimgao
Where They Speak
India
Kilwa
How Many People Speak
520,000.0075,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
812
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
33.00 million150.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.50 %0.42 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
33.00 million15.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
35.00 million75.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
ଓଡ଼ିଆ (ōṛiyā)
Kiswahili
Alternative Names
Odisha, Odri, Odrum, Oliya, Uriya, Utkali, Vadiya, Yudhia
Kisuaheli, Kiswahili
French Name
oriya
swahili
German Name
Oriya-Sprache
Swahili
Pronunciation
[ˈoɽia]
[swaˈhili]
Ethnicity
Odias
Swahili people or Waswahili
Origin
3 BC
6th century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Benue-Congo
Branch
Indic
Bantu
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Standard Odia
Swahili
Language Position
3221
1
120
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Signed Forms
Indian Signing System
Swahili Sign Language
Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage
Individual, Macrolanguage
ISO 639 1
or
sw
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
ori
swa
ISO 639 2/B
ori
swa
ISO 639 3
ori
swa
ISO 639 6
ori
swa
Glottocode
macr1269
swah1254
Linguasphere
No data available
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Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
-
Language Morphological Typology
-
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