Odia (Odia: ଓଡ଼ିଆ, romanized: oṛiā), formerly known as Oriya, is an Indo-Aryan language, mainly spoken in the Indian state of Odisha.
The language is also an official language of India. There are about 50 million people worldwide who speak Odia.
Odia | |
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ଓଡ଼ିଆ | |
Native to | India |
Region | Odisha |
Ethnicity | Odias |
Native speakers | 35 million (2011–2019) |
Indo-European
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Odia script Odia Braille Kalinga script (historical) | |
Official status | |
Official language in | India
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Regulated by | Odisha Sahitya Akademi, Government of Odisha |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-1 | or |
ISO 639-2 | ori |
ISO 639-3 | ori – inclusive codeIndividual codes: ory – Odiaspv – Sambalpuriort – Adivasi Odia (Kotia)dso – Desiya (duplicate of [ort]) |
Glottolog | macr1269 Macro-Oriya (Odra)oriy1255 Odia |
Odia majority or plurality Significant Odia minority |
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Scheduled Languages | |
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Official languages of India |
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