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Urdu vs Oriya


Oriya vs Urdu


Countries

Countries
India, Pakistan   
India   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
1   
14

National Language
Pakistan   
India   

Second Language
Pakistan   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Asia, Oceania   
Asia   

Minority Language
India   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Regulated By
National Council for Promotion of Urdu Language, India, National Language Authority, Pakistan   
Not Available   

Interesting Facts
  • Urdu is a language of beauty and grace, that adds meaning to prose and charm to poetry.
  • Different languages such as Arabic, Persian and Turkish gave birth and richness to Urdu.
  
  • 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
Arabic and Hindi Languages   
Bengali and Assamese   

Derived From
Ghaznavid Persian Language   
Sanskrit Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
52   
31
42   
22

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
10   
7
11   
8

How Many Consonants
40   
29
31   
21

Scripts
Arabic   
Bengali, Odia alphabet (Brahmic)   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4   
3
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
خوش آمديد   
ନମସ୍କାର (namascara)   

Thank You
آپ کا شکریہ   
ଧନ୍ୟବାଦ୍ (dhanyabaad)   

How Are You?
آپ کیسے ہیں؟   
କେମିତି ଅତ୍ଚନ୍ଥି? (kemiti achanti?)   

Good Night
گڈ نائٹ   
ସୁଭରାତ୍ର (shubharaatra)   

Good Evening
سلام علیکم   
ସୁଭସନ୍ଧ୍ୟା (subha sandhya)   

Good Afternoon
گڈ آفٹر نون   
ସୁଭ ଖରା ବେଳ (shubha kharaa bela)   

Good Morning
گڈ مارننگ   
ସୁପ୍ରଭାତ (suprabhaata)   

Please
براہ مہربانی   
Not Available   

Sorry
معاف کرنا   
ମୁଁ ଦୁଃଖିତ (mū duḥkhita)   

Bye
الوداع   
ସୁବିଦାୟ (shubidaaya)   

I Love You
مجھے تم سے محبت   
ମୁଁ ତୁମକୁ ଭଲ ପାଏ (mu tumoku bhala paye)   

Excuse Me
معاف کیجئے گا   
କ୍ଷମା କରିବେ (kyamā karibe)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Dakhini   
Baleswari   

Where They Speak
India   
India   

How Many People Speak
11,000,000.00   
12
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Hyderabadi Urdu   
Ganjami   

Where They Speak
India   
India   

Dialect 3
Rekhta   
Kosli   

Where They Speak
South Asia   
India   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
520,000.00   
21

Total No. Of Dialects
3   
3
8   
8

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
104.00 million   
15
33.00 million   
34

Speaking Population
0.99 %   
20
0.50 %   
29

Native Speakers
61.00 million   
19
33.00 million   
28

Second Language Speakers
43.00 million   
14
Not Available   

Native Name
اُردُو   
ଓଡ଼ିଆ (ōṛiyā)   

Alternative Names
Bihari   
Odisha, Odri, Odrum, Oliya, Uriya, Utkali, Vadiya, Yudhia   

French Name
ourdou   
oriya   

German Name
Urdu   
Oriya-Sprache   

Pronunciation
[ˈʊrd̪u]   
[ˈoɽia]   

Ethnicity
Not Available   
Odias   

History

Origin
12th Century CE   
3 BC   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian   
Indo-Iranian   

Branch
Indic   
Indic   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Modern Standard Urdu   
Standard Odia   

Language Position
20   
18
32   
26

Signed Forms
Signed Urdu   
Indian Signing System   

Scope
Individual   
Individual, Macrolanguage   

Code

ISO 639 1
ur   
or   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
urd   
ori   

ISO 639 2/B
urd   
ori   

ISO 639 3
urd   
ori   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
urdu1245   
macr1269   

Linguasphere
59-AAF-q   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Object-Verb   

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional   
Not Available   

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Urdu and Oriya Language History

Comparison of Urdu vs Oriya language history gives us differences between origin of Urdu and Oriya language. History of Urdu language states that this language originated in 12th Century CE whereas history of Oriya language states that this language originated in 3 BC. 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 Urdu and Oriya Language History.

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

Urdu vs Oriya Difficulty

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

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