Quick facts for kids Oriya |
||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Odia ଓଡ଼ିଆ oṛiā |
||||
 |
||||
| Native to | India | |||
| Region | Odisha, Jharkhand, West Bengal, Tripura, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Assam, Bihar. Widely spoken in Surat, Bangalore, New Delhi and Mumbai. Prominent speakers in Pune, Hyderabad and Chennai | |||
| Ethnicity | Oriyas | |||
| Native speakers | 33 million (2007) | |||
| Language family |
Dravidian
|
|||
| Writing system | Oriya alphabet (Brahmic) Oriya Braille |
|||
| Official status | ||||
| Official language in | Odisha, Jharkhand | |||
| Linguasphere | 59-AAF-x | |||
The distribution of Oriya, in India
|
||||
|
|
||||
Oriya (ଓଡ଼ିଆ oṛiā) is an Indian Dravidian language, mainly spoken in the Indian state of Odisha. Some parts of Odisha, mainly the Ganjam and Gajapati districts, speak the Telugu language. The language is also an official language of India. There are about 31 million people who speak Oriya.
Images for kids
-
A detailed chart depicting evolution of the Odia script as displayed in a museum at Ratnagiri, Odisha
-
Eastern Hemisphere in the year 200.
All content from Kiddle encyclopedia articles (including the article images and facts) can be freely used under Attribution-ShareAlike license, unless stated otherwise. Cite this article:
Oriya language Facts for Kids. Kiddle Encyclopedia.