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The Odia script (Odia: ଓଡ଼ିଆ ଅକ୍ଷର, romanized: Oḍiā akṣara, also Odia: ଓଡ଼ିଆ ଲିପି, romanized: Oḍiā lipi) is a Brahmic script used to write the Odia language. To a lesser extent, it is also used to write Sanskrit and other regional languages. It is one of the official scripts of the Indian Republic.
Ancient Script Pre Brahmi Script in yogimath Rock Art at Nuapada of Odisha Pre Brahmi Script of Vikramkhol Inscription, Odisha. The childhood form of the Odia Script is the Kalinga Brahmi Script inscribed in stone. This Kalinga Brahmi is prevalent in the Kalinga region, whose language and writing style is different from that of other Brahmi.
It is a Brahmic script used to write primarily the Odia language and others like Sanskrit and several minor regional languages. The script has developed over nearly 1000 years, with the earliest trace of the script being dated to 1051 AD. Odia is a syllabic alphabet, or an abugida, wherein all consonants have an inherent vowel. Diacritics ...
Odia Braille is one of the Bharati braille alphabets. Apart from using Hindi æ for Odia ẏ , it conforms to the letter values of the other Bharati scripts. [ 1 ]
The script was used in the Odia-speaking regions during British Raj including the Orissa Tributary States. Both the names "karani" and "karana" are derived from "karani", a metal stylus used for writing on palm leaf. [8] [9] Historical records from mid-eighteenth century were written in this script. [10] Karani was written both on palm leaves ...
Unlike the Latin alphabet, the script has no concept of letter case. [15] It is written from left to right, has a strong preference for symmetrical rounded shapes within squared outlines, and is recognisable by a horizontal line, known as a शिरोरेखा śirorekhā , that runs along the top of full letters. [ 8 ]
The Gaudi script (Gāuṛi lipi), also known as the Proto-Bengali script [1] [2] or the Proto-Oriya script [3] [4] is an abugida in the Brahmic family of scripts. Gaudi script gradually developed into the Bengali-Assamese (Eastern Nagari), Odia, and Tirhuta script. [1] Silver coin with Gaudi script, Harikela Kingdom, circa 9th–13th century
Oriya is a Unicode block containing characters for the Odia, Khondi and Santali languages of the state of Odisha in India. In its original incarnation, the code points U+0B01..U+0B4D were a direct copy of the Odia characters A1-ED from the 1988 ISCII standard.