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Language code: or

Technical information about ISO 639 language code or

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The table below provides technical details for the Oriya language, designated by the or code from the ISO 639-1 standard.

Code

or

Name

Official

Oriya

Native

ଓଡ଼ିଆ

Family
Indo-Aryan
Text direction

Left-to-Right

Language varieties
Mughalbandi (Standard/Cuttacki)BaleswariGanjamiMidnaporiSambalpuriDesiya
Related languages
BengaliAssameseMaithiliChhattisgarhiSadri
Key facts
Earliest known Odia inscription dates to the 10th centuryThe script evolved from the Kalinga branch of Brahmi and features rounded charactersOdia preserves many word-final consonants lost in neighboring Eastern Indo-Aryan tonguesSarala Dasa’s 15th-century Mahabharata retelling is a cornerstone of Odia literaturePronouns and verbs mark a three-tier honorific system conveying different levels of respect
Sample phrase

ନମସ୍କାର, ଆପଣ କେମିତି ଅଛନ୍ତି?

Character encodings

UTF-8, UTF-16, UTF-32

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Oriya, also known as Odia, belongs to the Indo-European language family, specifically the Indo-Aryan subgroup. It is one of the official languages of Odisha in India and is also used by Odia communities in Jharkhand and West Bengal. It is written using the Odia script. It is estimated that there are more than 37 million speakers worldwide.

Language presence globally

Speakers

India

37M

*The graph shows a rough estimate of Oriya speakers in countries where it is an official or minority language.

Related locale codes

or-IN – Oriya (India)

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