The Odia language is spoken by a sizeable population of 700, 000 people in Chhattisgarh.
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17 Facts About Odia language
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Odia is the sixth Indian language to be designated a Classical language, on the basis of having a long literary history and not having borrowed extensively from other languages.
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Odia language was born in an Utkala Brahmin family of Puri around 1200 CE.
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Odia language is most known for his composition, the epic poem Gita Govinda, which depicts the divine love of the Hindu deity Krishna and his consort, Radha, and is considered an important text in the Bhakti movement of Hinduism.
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Odia language is mainly spoken in the state of Odisha, but there are significant Odia language-speaking populations in the neighbouring states, such as Andhra Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Jharkhand, West Bengal and Chhattisgarh.
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Odia language diaspora is sizeable in several countries around the world, bringing the number of Odia language speakers worldwide to 50 million.
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The Odia language has spread to Burma, Malaysia, Fiji, Mauritius, Sri Lanka and Middle East countries.
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Odia language has 30 consonant phonemes, 2 semivowel phonemes and 6 vowel phonemes.
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Odia language retains most of the cases of Sanskrit, though the nominative and vocative have merged, as have the accusative and dative.
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Odia language is a syllabic alphabet, or an abugida, wherein all consonants have an inherent vowel.
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Curved appearance of the Odia language script is a result of the practice of writing on palm leaves, which have a tendency to tear if too many straight lines are used.
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Odia language has a rich literary heritage dating back to the thirteenth century.
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Odia language has had a strong tradition of poetry, especially devotional poetry.
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Classical Odia language literature is inextricably tied to music, and most of it was written for singing, set to traditional Odissi ragas and talas.
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Odia language was last felicitated by the Sahitya Academy in the year 1998 for his contributions to Odia literature.
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Odia language's son Khagendranath Mallick was born on 1951 and is a writer.
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Odia language was the former President of Utkal Kala Parishad and former President of Odisha Geeti Kabi Samaj.
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