Odia
Spoken language
Odia is an Indo-Aryan classical language spoken in the Indian state of Odisha. It is the official language in Odisha, where native speakers make up 82% of the population, and it is also spoken in parts of West Bengal, Jharkhand, Andhra Pradesh and... Wikipedia
Early forms: Prakrit: Magadhi Prakrit > Odra Prakrit > Old Odia
Ethnicity: Odias
ISO 639-3: – inclusive code; Individual codes: – Odia; – Sambalpuri; – Adivasi Odia (Kotia); – Desiya (duplicate of)
Language family: Indo-European > Indo-Iranian > Indo-Aryan > Eastern > Odia > Odia
Native speakers: L1: 35 million (2011–2019); L2: 3.6 million
Native to: India