Oriya
| Oriya ଓଡ଼ିଆ oṛiā | ||
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Spoken in |
India ( Odisha ) | |
| speaker | 38 million | |
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| Official status | ||
| Official language in | India , Odisha state | |
| Language codes | ||
| ISO 639 -1 |
or |
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| ISO 639 -2 |
ori |
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| ISO 639-3 |
ori |
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Oriya or Odia ( IAST Oṛiā [ ˈoːɽiaː ]) is a language from the Indo-Aryan branch of the Indo-Iranian subgroup of the Indo-European languages .
The distribution area of the Oriya largely coincides with the Indian state of Odisha (Orissa). Smaller minorities of Odia speakers also live in the neighboring states of Chhattisgarh and Jharkhand . According to the 2011 Indian census, Oriya is spoken by almost 38 million people as their mother tongue. 35 million of them live in Odisha, where Oriya speakers make up 83 percent of the population. The Oriya is the official language in the state of Odisha. In addition, it is recognized as one of 22 constitutional languages in India on a supraregional level .
In 2011, the official name of the language was changed from Oriya to Odia through an amendment to the Indian constitution (at the same time as Orissa was renamed Odisha). The difference in the spelling is due to a different rendering of the sound [ ɽ ] ( voiced retroflexer flap ).
Oriya is written with its own alphabet, the Oriya script .
Language example
Universal Declaration of Human Rights , Article 1:
- ସବୁ ମଣିଷ ଜନ୍ମକାଳରୁ ସ୍ୱାଧୀନ। ସେମାନଙ୍କ ମର୍ଯ୍ୟାଦା ଓ ଅଧିକାର ସମାନ। ସେମାନଙ୍କର ପ୍ରଜ୍ଞା ଓ ବିବେକ ନିହିତ ଅଛି। ସେମାନେ ପରସ୍ପର ପ୍ରତି ଭାତୃଭାବ ପୋଷଣ କରି କାର୍ଯ୍ୟ କରିବା ଦରକାର।
- All people are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They are endowed with reason and conscience and should meet one another in a spirit of brotherhood.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Data on Language and Mother Tongue. Part A: Distribution of the 22 scheduled languages-India / States / Union Territories - 2011 census. (PDF) Census of India 2011
- ↑ Orissa celebrates Odisha . The Times of India, November 5, 2011