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ଓଡ଼ିଆ · Odia script · Indo-Aryan family

ଓଡ଼ିଆ

Key facts
ScriptOdia
FamilyIndo-Aryan
Speakers (Census 2011)3,75,21,324 (3.10%)
In Eighth Schedule since1950 · Spelling changed from Oriya to Odia in 2011 (96th Amendment)
Classical since2014
Official inOdisha; a second official language of Jharkhand
Greetingନମସ୍କାର (namaskāra)