Amazing facts about the language of Odisha
Language of Odisha
Language of Orissa:-
The language spoken in Orissa is Odia whose linguistic family is an Aryan language, you will see its relation to Bangla, Nepali, Maithili, and Assamese where Orissa language is spoken and in the language of Orissa you will find "caste and language" The meaning of both will be seen which is called Oriya
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Development order of Oriya language:-
First of all, the mention of Udavibhasha is found in the Natyashastra of India, after that the order of this language is Odravishay, Odisha, Odravish, Odisha, and Odisha.
Number of speakers:- around 3 crore 10 lakh
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According to linguistics: -
A mixed form of Dravidian, Arya and Mundari languages can be seen in this Odia language, but at present, the main basis of Odia language is considered to be "Aryan language".
Characteristics of Odia language: -
In this language, the signs of Kui (Gandhi), Dravidian, and Telugu languages will be seen in Santhali, Sabari, Mundari, and Adi Mundari languages.
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Oriya script: -
This script is also developed from Brahmi script like Nagari script, the difference was that Nagri script used straight lines (--) and Oriya script used curved (~) lines.
According to the scholars: -
When Odia language was written in the beginning, years ago, this language was written by iron pen on Taal copper plates in a straight line and after writing in a straight line, these copper plates were cut and torn, then to overcome this problem Scholars instead of using a straight line (---) started using curved line (~) which is also called "circular line".
History of Odisha language: -
- (1) Ancient Odia (10th century-1300)
- (2) Early Middle Odia (1300–1500)
- (3) Middle Oriya (1500-1700)
- (4) Late Middle Odia (1700-1850)
- (5) Modern Odia (1850-present)
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Major dialects of Orissa state: -
(1) Midnapuri Odia :-
This language is spoken in the Midnapore region of West Bengal.
(2) Baleshwari Odia:-
This language is spoken in Bhadrak, Mayurbhanj, and Balasore
(3) Kalahandi Odia :-
This language is spoken in the Kalahandi districts
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(4) Singhbhum Odia:-
This language is used to be spoken in West Singhbhum, Seraikela, Kharsawan, and East Singhbhum of Jharkhand.
(5) Ganjami Odia:-
This language is spoken in Ganjam and Gajapati districts.
(6) Bhatri:-
This language is used to be spoken in the regions of southwestern Orissa and eastern-southern Chhattisgarh.