Odia

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Odia is an Indo-Aryan language spoken primarily in the Indian state of Odisha, known for its rich literary tradition and classical language status.

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Observed surface forms (4)

Surface form Occurrences
Odia language 1
Odia people 1
Oriya 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Indo-Aryan language
classical language of India
language
alternativeName Oriya
closelyRelatedTo Assamese
Bengali
Maithili
hasDialect Baleswari Odia
Bhuyan Odia
Desiya
Ganjami Odia
Kataki Odia
Sambalpur
surface form: Sambalpuri

Standard Odia
hasLiteraryTradition Bhakti literature
medieval Odia poetry
modern Odia literature
hasNotableAuthor Fakir Mohan Senapati
Sarala Das
Upendra Bhanja
hasNotableWork Chha Mana Atha Guntha
Sarala Mahabharata
hasPhonologicalFeature contrastive aspiration
nasalized vowels
retroflex consonants
hasWritingTraditionSince at least 10th century CE
ISO639-1Code or
ISO639-2Code ori
ISO639-3Code ori
languageFamily Indo-Aryan languages
Indo-European language family
surface form: Indo-European languages

Indo-Iranian languages
officialLanguageOf India
Orissa
surface form: Odisha
primaryRegion coastal Odisha
eastern India
recognizedAs Classical language in India
recognizedBy Government of India
regulatingBody Odia Bhasha Pratisthan
scriptFamily Brahmic scripts
scriptType abugida
spokenIn India
Orissa
surface form: Odisha
subfamily Eastern Indo-Aryan languages
usedFor administration in Odisha
education in Odisha
mass media in Odisha
usedIn Jagannath temple rituals
writingDirection left-to-right
writingSystem Odia script

Referenced by (18)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

this entity surface form: Oriya (Odia)
subject surface form: Eastern India
Sanskrit influenced Odia
Kurukh influencedBy Odia
Odisha (parts) language Odia
Orissa languageSpoken Odia
this entity surface form: Oriya
Indians majorLanguage Odia
Orissa officialLanguage Odia
Odia script usedBy Odia
this entity surface form: Odia people
Odia script usedFor Odia
this entity surface form: Odia language
Subhas usedInLanguage Odia