Oriya (language)

Odia
ଓଡ଼ିଆ oḍiā
Pronunciation	[ˈoɽia]
Region	Odisha, India
Ethnicity	Odias
Native speakers	44 million (2007)
Language family	Indo-European Indo-Iranian Indo-Aryan Eastern Odia languages Odia
Writing system	Odia alphabet Odia Braille
Official status
Official language in	India, Odisha,Jharkhand
Language codes
ISO 639-1	or
ISO 639-2	ori
ISO 639-3	– inclusive code Individual codes:  – Odia  – Sambalpuri  – Dakshni  – Adivasi Odia (Kotia)  – Desiya (duplicate of [ort])
Glottolog	macr1269  partial match
Linguasphere	59-AAF-x

Odia (/əˈdiːə/) or Oriya (/ɒˈriːə/; both renderings of Odia: ଓଡ଼ିଆ  oḍiā ) is a language spoken by 4.2% of India's population. It is an Indo-Aryan language that is spoken mostly in eastern India, with around 44 million native speakers as of the year 2016, from the state of Odisha, and 55 million from adjoining regions of its neighboring states and by the largely migrated Odia population across India and different countries of the world.

It is the predominant language of the Indian state of Odisha, where native speakers make up 80% of the population, and also is spoken in parts of West Bengal, Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh and Andhra Pradesh. Odia is one of the many official languages of India; it is the official language of Odisha and the second official language of Jharkhand. The language is also spoken by a sizeable population of at least 10 million people in Chhattisgarh.