ORIYA SCRIPT

The 'Oriya script' is used to write the Oriya language, and can be used for several other Indian languages, for example, Sanskrit.

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History

Oriya in Unicode

See also

Footnotes:

External links

History

Many people believe that the modern Oriya script is derived from an old form of the Bengali script. Prior to this, the early Brahmic Kalinga script was used to write the ancient Oriya language. Kalinga, the earliest writing system for the Oriya language, was discarded for reasons that are unknown, and a Bengali-derived script was adopted. Both alphabets are, however, very similar and are closely-related descendants of the Brahmi script. A key feature of the Oriya script is the curved appearance of the letters. Though the cursive shape might appear to suggest influence from southern Brahmic scripts like Tamil or Malayalam, it is thought that this appearance was the result of the long-standing practice of writing manuscripts on palm leaves with a pointed stylus, which have a tendency to tear if too many straight lines are made on the surface.
Oriya is a syllabic alphabet 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 the diacritics appear at the beginning of a syllable, vowels are written as independent letters. Also, when certain consonants occur together, special conjunct symbols are used which combine the essential parts of each consonant symbol.

Oriya in Unicode

The Unicode range for Oriya is U+0B00 ... U+0B7F.

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B00

଀

ଁ

ଂ

ଃ

଄

ଅ

ଆ

ଇ

ଈ

ଉ

ଊ

ଋ

ଌ

଍

଎

ଏ

B10

ଐ

଑

଒

ଓ

ଔ

କ

ଖ

ଗ

ଘ

ଙ

ଚ

ଛ

ଜ

ଝ

ଞ

ଟ

B20

ଠ

ଡ

ଢ

ଣ

ତ

ଥ

ଦ

ଧ

ନ

଩

ପ

ଫ

ବ

ଭ

ମ

ଯ

B30

ର

଱

ଲ

ଳ

଴

ଵ

ଶ

ଷ

ସ

ହ

଺

଻

଼

ଽ

ା

ି

B40

ୀ

ୁ

ୂ

ୃ

ୄ

୅

୆

େ

ୈ

୉

୊

ୋ

ୌ

୍

୎

୏

B50

୐

୑

୒

୓

୔

୕

ୖ

ୗ

୘

୙

୚

୛

ଡ଼

ଢ଼

୞

ୟ

B60

ୠ

ୡ

ୢ

ୣ

୤

୥

୦

୧

୨

୩

୪

୫

୬

୭

୮

୯

B70

୰

ୱ

୲

୳

୴

୵

୶

୷

୸

୹

୺

୻

୼

୽

୾

୿

See also

★ Brahmic family

Footnotes:

# Ancient Scripts

External links

★ www.odisha.com Orissa News in Oriya.

★ www.odia.org Oriya and Odia news. Excellent resources of education and cultural activities. Lots of Odia (Oriya) books in pdf format. Learn Odia (oriya) language with the dhwanI (ITRANS (Oriya) Odia software.

★ The Unicode Book: Chapter 9 - South and Southeast Asian Scripts (PDF)

★ Oriya alphabet - From Omniglot

★ Oriya Unicode Fonts WAZU JAPAN's Unicode font pages

★ www.orissablogs.comk A blogs for Oriyas.

★ Project Rebati - An open-source initiative for computing in Oriya