Odia script

The Odia script ( , also ) is a Brahmic script, mainly 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. The script has developed over more than 1000 years from a variant of Siddhaṃ script which was used in Eastern India, where the characteristic top line transformed into a distinct round umbrella shape due to the influence of palm leaf manuscripts and also being influenced by the neighbouring scripts from the Western and Southern regions. Odia is a syllabic alphabet or an abugida wherein all consonants have an inherent vowel embedded within. Diacritics (which can appear above, below, before, or after the consonant they belong to) are used to change the form of the inherent vowel. When vowels appear at the beginning of a syllable, they are written as independent letters. Also, when certain consonants occur together, special conjunct symbols combine the essential parts of each consonant symbol. An important feature of the Odia language seen in the script is the retention of inherent vowel in consonants, also known as schwa, at both medial and final positions. This absence of schwa deletion, which is also seen in Sanskrit, marks it from the rest of modern Indo-Aryan languages and their equivalent usage in related Brahmic scripts.…

The Odia script ( , also ) is a Brahmic script, mainly 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. The script has developed over more than 1000 years from a variant of Siddhaṃ script which was used in Eastern India, where the characteristic top line transformed into a distinct round umbrella shape due to the influence of palm leaf manuscripts and also being influenced by the neighbouring scripts from the Western and Southern regions. Odia is a syllabic alphabet or an abugida wherein all consonants have an inherent vowel embedded within. Diacritics (which can appear above, below, before, or after the consonant they belong to) are used to change the form of the inherent vowel. When vowels appear at the beginning of a syllable, they are written as independent letters. Also, when certain consonants occur together, special conjunct symbols combine the essential parts of each consonant symbol. An important feature of the Odia language seen in the script is the retention of inherent vowel in consonants, also known as schwa, at both medial and final positions. This absence of schwa deletion, which is also seen in Sanskrit, marks it from the rest of modern Indo-Aryan languages and their equivalent usage in related Brahmic scripts. The absence of the inherent vowel in the consonant is marked by a virama or halanta sign below the consonant. ===Vowels=== Odia is an alphasyllabic alphabet or an abugida wherein all consonants have an inherent vowel embedded within. Diacritics (which can appear above, below, before or after the consonant they belong to) are used to change the form of the inherent vowel. When vowels appear at the beginning of a syllable, they are written as independent letters. Also, when certain consonants occur together, special conjunct symbols are used to combine the essential parts of each consonant symbol. There is no significant difference in the pronunciation of long and short vowels. A different form of ଇ is used with the consonants ଖ (kha), ଥ (tha), ଧ (dha). This diacritic is a remnant from the Odia cursive style variant Karani script. There is a set of four vocalics, each with an independent form and vowel diacritic, but only one, ଋ is used in modern Odia. ୠ, ଌ, ୡ and their diacritics are only used for Sanskrit transcription, so they are not always included in the Odia alphabet. ===Universal Declaration of Human Rights=== The following is a sample text in Odia of Article 1 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights ====Odia in the Odia script==== ====Odia in ISO 15919==== ====Odia in the IPA==== ====Gloss==== ====Translation==== ==Gallery== File:Evolution of Oriya Language.jpg|A detailed chart depicting evolution of the Odia script as displayed in a museum at Ratnagiri, Odisha File:Odia palm leaf manuscipt.JPG|Palm leaf manuscript written in Odia language File:Palm leaf -jatak ତାଳ ପତ୍ର ଜାତକ.jpg|Palm leaf-jatak manuscript File:Jataka.jpg|Jataka or Horoscope File:Palm leaf manuscript of Draupadi Lakhabindha in Odia.jpg|Palm leaf manuscript of Draupadi Lakhabindha in Odia File:14th-century Adhyatma Ramayana manuscript, Sanskrit, Oriya script.jpg|14th-century Adhyatma Ramayana manuscript written in Sanskrit, Odia script File:Guru Gita, Skanda Purana, Sanskrit, Oriya script.jpg|Guru Gita, Skanda Purana, Sanskrit, Odia script File:OriyaBK1 001.jpg|Odia manuscript File:Odia calligraphy esabada Odia magazine eodissa.jpg|Odia calligraphy File:Barnabodha (1896).pdf|Barnabodha by Madhusudan Rao,1896 ==See also== Karani script Odia Braille ==References==

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