Odia language

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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Odia edition of Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Odia (Odia: ଓଡ଼ିଆ, romanized: oṛiā), formerly known as Oriya,^[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.

1. ↑ Odia language at Ethnologue (22nd ed., 2019)
2. ↑ "Scheduled Languages in descending order of speaker's strength – 2011" (PDF). Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India.
3. ↑ "Jharkhand gives second language status to Magahi, Angika, Bhojpuri and Maithili". The Avenue Mail. 21 March 2018. Archived from the original on 28 March 2019. Retrieved 30 April 2019.
4. ↑ "West Bengal Official Language Act, 1961". www.bareactslive.com. Archived from the original on 27 October 2020. Retrieved 17 September 2020.
5. ↑ Roy, Anirban (28 February 2018). "Kamtapuri, Rajbanshi make it to list of official languages in". India Today. Archived from the original on 30 March 2018. Retrieved 30 March 2018.
6. ↑ "Odisha Sahitya Academy". Department of Culture, Government of Odisha. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 9 March 2016.
7. ↑ Hammarström (2015) Ethnologue 16/17/18th editions: a comprehensive review: online appendices
8. ↑ "The Constitution (Ninety-Sixth Amendment) Act, 2011". eGazette of India. Retrieved 2011-09-23.