Odia script is a Brahmic script used to write primarily Odia language and others including Sanskrit and other regional languages.
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11 Facts About Odia script
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Odia script is a syllabic alphabet or an abugida wherein all consonants have an inherent vowel embedded within.
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An important feature of the Odia language seen in the script is the retention of inherent vowel in consonants, known as schwa, at both medial and final positions.
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Curved appearance of the Odia script is a result of the practice of writing on palm leaves, which have a tendency to tear with the use of too many straight lines.
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Archaic and medieval forms of Odia are more influenced by the calligraphy of the scripts of neighbouring regions, such as,.
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Furthermore, Grierson in his famed Linguistic Survey of India mentioned that the Odia script is sometimes used for Chhattisgarhi, an Eastern Hindi language, in the eastern border regions of Chhattisgarh.
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Odia script is a alphasyllabic alphabet or an abugida wherein all consonants have an inherent vowel embedded within.
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Two categories of consonant letters are defined in Odia script: the structured consonants and the unstructured consonants .
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Odia script letters are mostly round shaped whereas Devanagari and Bengali have horizontal lines.
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Vowel diacritics observed in Odia is similar to that of Bengali-Assamese as inherited from the Siddham pristhmatra style, differing from the diacritic symbols inherited by the scripts related to Devanagari line.
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Odia script was added to the Unicode Standard in October 1991 with the release of version 1.
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