Odia language

Odia (Odia: ଓଡ଼ିଆ, romanized: oṛiā), formerly written as Oriya in English,^[8] 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
ଓଡ଼ିଆ
The word "Odia" in Odia script
Native to	India
Region	Odisha
Ethnicity	Odias
Native speakers	35 million (2011–2019)[1][2]
Language family	Indo-European Indo-Iranian Indo-Aryan Eastern Odia
Writing system	Odia script Odia Braille Kalinga script (historical)
Official status
Official language in	India Odisha Jharkhand[3] (additional) West Bengal[4][5] (additional)
Regulated by	Odisha Sahitya Akademi, Government of Odisha[6]
Language codes
ISO 639-1	or
ISO 639-2	ori
ISO 639-3	ori – inclusive code Individual codes: ory – Odia spv – Sambalpuri ort – Adivasi Odia (Kotia) dso – Desiya (duplicate of [ort])[7]
Glottolog	macr1269  Macro-Oriya (Odra) oriy1255  Odia
Odia majority or plurality   Significant Odia minority

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Category
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A Assamese B Bengali Bodo D Dogri G Gujarati H Hindi K Kannada Kashmiri Konkani M Maithili Malayalam Marathi Meitei (Manipuri) N Nepali O Odia (Oriya) P Punjabi S Sanskrit Santali Sindhi T Tamil Telugu U Urdu
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Example

Musamoni speaking Baleswari Odia

A recording of India appeared on the screen. This is The first article of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in Odia:

ସବୁ ମନୁଷ୍ଯ ଜନ୍ମକାଳରୁ ସ୍ୱାଧୀନ । ସେମାନଙ୍କର ମର୍ଯ୍ୟାଦା ଓ ଅଧିକାର ସମାନ । ସେମାନଙ୍କର ପ୍ରଜ୍ଞା ଓ ବିବେକ ନିହିତ ଅଛି । ସେମାନେ ପରସ୍ପର ପ୍ରତି ଭାତୃଭାବ ପୋଷଣ କରି କାର୍ଯ୍ୟ କରିବା ଦରକାର ।

All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood.