Indo-European · ISO 639-3 ori · or
Oriya Language ଓଡ଼ିଆ
Oriya is an Indo-European language spoken by about 42 million people in 1 country. It is written in the Odia and Latin scripts.
Where Oriya is spoken
- Official language
- Regional official
- Spoken by 10%+
- 1–10%
- Smaller communities
About the Oriya language
Oriya (ଓଡ଼ିଆ) is spoken by about 42 million people. It belongs to the Indo-European language family and, more precisely, to the Indo-Iranian group within the Indo-Iranian branch.
Where is Oriya spoken?
Oriya is used in 1 country. The largest communities live in India (45 million).
Oriya is not a national official language anywhere. It also has regional official status in India.
Writing system and status
Oriya is written in the Odia and Latin scripts.
Its closest relatives in the same branch of the family are Hindi, Bengali, Urdu, Panjabi, Western Panjabi, Marathi and 2 more.
ISO codes: ISO 639-1 or, ISO 639-3 ori.
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Data: Languages of the World dataset (MIT) — ISO 639-3, Glottolog (CC BY 4.0), Unicode CLDR, Google LinguaMeta (CC BY 4.0) and Wikidata; country lists: samayo/country-json (MIT). Speaker numbers include first- and second-language speakers where sources report them.