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Oriya language
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Odia language
Odia
or
Oriya
, both renderings of , is an Indian language belonging to the
Indo-Aryan branch
of the
Indo-European language family
. It is the predominant language of the Indian
state
of
Odisha
, where native speakers comprise 80% of the population, and it is spoken in parts of
West Bengal
,
Jharkhand
,
Chhattisgarh
and
Andhra Pradesh
. Odia is one of the many
official languages in India
; it is the official language of Odisha and the second official language of
Jharkhand
. Odia is the sixth Indian language to be designated a
Classical Language in India
on the basis of having a long literary history and not having borrowed extensively from other languages.
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