Odia language

Odia
Oṛiā
ଓଡ଼ିଆ
The word "Oṛiā" in Odia script
Pronunciation[oˈɽia] ⓘ(Odia)
/əˈdiːə/ (English)[1]
Native toIndia
RegionEastern India
EthnicityOdias, Scheduled Tribes of Odisha
Native speakers
L1: 38 million (2011–2019)[5][6]
L2: 3.6 million[5]
Early forms
Prakrit
Standard forms
Dialects
Official status
Official language in
Regulated byOdisha Sahitya Akademi, Government of Odisha[10]
Language codes
ISO 639-1or
ISO 639-2ori
ISO 639-3ori – inclusive code
Individual codes:
ory – Odia
spv – Sambalpuri
ort – Adivasi Odia (Kotia)
dso – Desia (South-western) (duplicate of [ort])[11]
Glottologmacr1269  Macro-Oriya (Odra)
oriy1255  Odia
  Odia majority or plurality
  Significant Odia minority
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Odia (/əˈdiːə/;[1][12] ଓଡ଼ିଆ, ISO: Oṛiā, pronounced [oˈɽia] ⓘ;[13] formerly rendered as Oriya) is a classical Indo-Aryan language spoken in the Indian state of Odisha. It is the official language in Odisha (formerly rendered as Orissa),[14] where native speakers make up 82% of the population,[15] and it is also spoken in parts of West Bengal,[16] Jharkhand, Andhra Pradesh and Chhattisgarh.[17] Odia is one of the many official languages of India; it is the official language of Odisha and the second official language of Jharkhand. The Odia language has various dialects varieties, including the Baleswari Odia (Northern dialect), Kataki (central dialect), Ganjami Odia (Southern dialect), Sundargadi Odia (Northwestern dialect), Sambalpuri (Western dialect), Desia (South-western dialect) and Tribal Community dialects who spoken by the tribals groups in Odisha who adopted the Odia language.[2][3][4]

Trilingual Signboard at Bhubaneswar Airport having text in Odia, Hindi and English

Odia is the sixth Indian language to be designated a classical language, on the basis of having a long literary history and not having borrowed extensively from other languages.[18][19][20][21] The earliest known inscription in Odia dates back to the 10th century CE.[22]

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  4. ^ a b c "Bengali, Oriya among 12 dialects as 2nd language in Jharkhand". daily.bhaskar.com. 31 August 2011. Retrieved 29 November 2012.
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  11. ^ Hammarström (2015) Ethnologue 16/17/18th editions: a comprehensive review: online appendices
  12. ^ "Odia". Oxford English Dictionary (Online ed.). Oxford University Press. Retrieved 30 September 2024. (Subscription or participating institution membership required.)
  13. ^ "The Constitution (Ninety-Sixth Amendment) Act, 2011". eGazette of India. Retrieved 23 September 2011.
  14. ^ "Odisha Name Alteration Act, 2011". eGazette of India. Retrieved 23 September 2011.
  15. ^ Mahapatra, B. P. (2002). Linguistic Survey of India: Orissa (PDF). Kolkata, India: Language Division, Office of the Registrar General. p. 14. Retrieved 20 February 2014.
  16. ^ "Ordeal of Oriya-speaking students in West Bengal to end soon". The Hindu. 21 May 2009. Retrieved 30 January 2019.
  17. ^ "Govt to provide study facility to Odia-speaking people in State". The Pioneer. Retrieved 30 January 2019.
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  19. ^ "Odia gets classical language status". The Hindu. 20 February 2014. Retrieved 20 February 2014.
  20. ^ "Odia becomes sixth classical language". The Telegraph. Archived from the original on 11 October 2017. Retrieved 29 March 2015.
  21. ^ "Milestone for state as Odia gets classical language status". The Times of India. 21 February 2014. Retrieved 29 March 2015.
  22. ^ Pattanayak, Debi Prasanna; Prusty, Subrat Kumar. Classical Odia (PDF). Bhubaneswar: KIS Foundation. p. 54. Retrieved 26 July 2016.