Baleswari Odia

Baleswari Odia
Northern Odia
ବାଲେଶ୍ୱରୀ ଓଡ଼ିଆ
Native toIndia
RegionOdisha (Baleswar, Bhadrak, Mayurbhanj, Kendujhar)
EthnicityOdias
Odia
Language codes
ISO 639-3–
Glottolognort2660  North Balasore Oriya
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Song and storytelling by a Baleswari Odia speaker, recorded in India.

Baleswari Odia (Odia: ବାଲେଶ୍ୱରୀ ଓଡ଼ିଆ), also Northern Odia[1] or North Balasore Odia, is a dialect of Odia[2] spoken in the northern regions of Indian state of Odisha. It is spoken in the districts of Balasore, Bhadrak, Mayurbhanj (commonly called Mayurbhanjia) and Kendujhar (commonly called Kendujharia).

It has linguistic variations to standard Odia.[3] While the dialects spoken in these districts vary with regional influences and influences from different local community and tribal language groups, the Baleswari Odia from the northern coastal Balasore region has a distinct accent with some similarity with the nearby Medinipuri dialect of Odia and Bengali. The dialect in Bhadrak district have more similarity with the standard Odia.

  1. ^ B. P. Mahapatra (1 January 1989). Constitutional languages. Presses Université Laval. pp. 389–. ISBN 978-2-7637-7186-1.
  2. ^ Les Langues écrites Du Monde: Relevé Du Degré Et Des Modes D'utilisation. Presses Université Laval. 1978. pp. 389–. ISBN 978-2-7637-7186-1. Retrieved 20 June 2012.
  3. ^ Kunjabihari Das; L. K. Mahapatra (1979). Folklore of Orissa. National Book Trust. Retrieved 20 June 2012.