Countries
African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community, Kenya
India
National Language
Burundi, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, South Sudan, Tanzania
India
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa
Asia
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Chama cha Kiswahili cha Taifa (Kenya)
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Interesting Facts
- Swahili language has borrowed many words from Arabic language.
- The oldest written scripts in swahili language were found in 18th century.
- 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.
Similar To
Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi Languages
Bengali and Assamese
Derived From
Arabic Language
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
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Oriya-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Latin
Bengali, Odia alphabet (Brahmic)
Writing Direction
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Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
Habari
ନମସ୍କାର (namascara)
Thank You
Asante
ଧନ୍ୟବାଦ୍ (dhanyabaad)
How Are You?
Habari gani?
କେମିତି ଅତ୍ଚନ୍ଥି? (kemiti achanti?)
Good Night
Usiku mwema
ସୁଭରାତ୍ର (shubharaatra)
Good Evening
Habari za jioni
ସୁଭସନ୍ଧ୍ୟା (subha sandhya)
Good Afternoon
nzuri Alasiri
ସୁଭ ଖରା ବେଳ (shubha kharaa bela)
Good Morning
Habari za asubuhi
ସୁପ୍ରଭାତ (suprabhaata)
Sorry
pole
ମୁଁ ଦୁଃଖିତ (mū duḥkhita)
Bye
bye
ସୁବିଦାୟ (shubidaaya)
I Love You
nakupenda
ମୁଁ ତୁମକୁ ଭଲ ପାଏ (mu tumoku bhala paye)
Excuse Me
Samahani
କ୍ଷମା କରିବେ (kyamā karibe)
Dialect 1
Kiunguja
Baleswari
Where They Speak
Zanzibar island
India
Dialect 2
Kimrima
Ganjami
Where They Speak
Dar es Salaam
India
Where They Speak
Kilwa
India
Native Name
Kiswahili
ଓଡ଼ିଆ (ōṛiyā)
Alternative Names
Kisuaheli, Kiswahili
Odisha, Odri, Odrum, Oliya, Uriya, Utkali, Vadiya, Yudhia
French Name
swahili
oriya
German Name
Swahili
Oriya-Sprache
Pronunciation
[swaˈhili]
[ˈoɽia]
Ethnicity
Swahili people or Waswahili
Odias
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
Indo-Iranian
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Swahili
Standard Odia
Signed Forms
Swahili Sign Language
Indian Signing System
Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage
Individual, Macrolanguage
Glottocode
swah1254
macr1269
Linguasphere
99-AUS-m
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
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Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
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All Swahili and Oriya Dialects
Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Swahili and Oriya dialects. Various dialects of Swahili and Oriya language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Swahili are spoken in different Swahili Speaking Countries whereas Oriya Dialects are spoken in different Oriya speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Swahili vs Oriya Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Swahili dialects include: Kiunguja, Kimrima. Oriya dialects include: Baleswari , Ganjami. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Swahili and Oriya Speaking population
Swahili and Oriya speaking population is one of the factors based on which Swahili and Oriya languages can be compared. The total count of Swahili and Oriya Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Swahili language is 0.42 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Oriya language is 0.50 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Swahili and Oriya on Swahili vs Oriya where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Swahili and Oriya Language Codes
Swahili and Oriya language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Swahili and Oriya Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.