Odia/Sounds

The Odia script (Odia: ଓଡ଼ିଆ ଲିପି) Utkalakshar (ଉତ୍କଳାକ୍ଷର) is used to write the Odia language, and can be used for several other Indian languages, for example, Sanskrit. It has developed from the Brahmi script as most of the other scripts that are used to write South-Asian Languages.

Odia Vowels

The vowels "ଇ" ("i"), "ଈ" ("ī"), "ଉ" ("u") and "ଊ" ("ū") are pronounced same in spoken Odia . ୠ, ଌ,and ୡ are extinct in Odia.

ଅ

ଆ

ଇ

ଈ

ଉ

ଊ

ଋ

ୠ

ଌ

ୡ

ଏ

ଐ

ଓ

ଔ

a

ā

i

ī

u

ū

r̥

r̥̄

l̥

l̥̄

e

ai

o

au

[ɔ]

[aː]

[i]

[iː]

[u]

[uː]

[ru]

[ruː]

[lu]

[luː]

[eː]

[ɔi̯]

[ɔ]

[ɔu̯]

Odia Consonants

The consonants ja and ya are pronounced the same in Odia. Initial ḍa, ḍha vary with intervocalic ṛa, ṛha. Although kṣa is a conjunct of କ and ଷ, it has a unique pronunciation.

କ

ଖ

ଗ

ଘ

ଙ

ଚ

ଛ

ଜ

ଝ

ଞ

ଟ

ଠ

ଡ

ଢ

ଡ଼

ଢ଼

ଣ

ତ

ଥ

ଦ

ଧ

ନ

ପ

ଫ

ବ

ଭ

ମ

ଯ

ୟ

ର

ଲ

ଳ

ୱ

ଶ

ଷ

ସ

ହ

କ୍ଷ

ka

kha

ga

gha

ṅa

ca

cha

ja

jha

ña

ṭa

ṭha

ḍa

ḍha

ṛa

ṛha

ṇa

ta

tha

da

dha

na

pa

pha

ba

bha

ma

ya

ẏa

ra

ḷa

la

wa

śa

ṣa

sa

ha

kṣa

[kɔ]

[kʰɔ]

[ɡɔ]

[ɡʱɔ]

[ŋɔ]

[tʃɔ]

[tʃʰɔ]

[dʒɔ]

[dʒʱɔ]

[ɲɔ]

[ʈɔ]

[ʈʱɔ]

[ɖɔ]

[ɖʱɔ]

[ɽɔ]

[ɽʱɔ]

[ɳɔ]

[t̪ɔ]

[t̪ʰɔ]

[d̪ɔ]

[d̪ʱɔ]

[nɔ]

[pɔ]

[pʰɔ]

[bɔ]

[bʱɔ]

[mɔ]

[dʒɔ]

[jɔ]

[ɾɔ]

[lɔ]

[ɭɔ]

[wɔ]

[sɔ]

[sɔ]

[sɔ]

[hɔ]

kʰjɔ

Other Diacritics

As in other abugida scripts, Odia consonant letters have an inherent vowel. It is transliterated as ⟨a⟩, phonetic value [ɔ]. Its absence is marked by a halanta (ହଳନ୍ତ):

Some other diacritics are:

କ	କ +ଁଁ=କଁ	କ +ଂ=କଂ	କ +ଃ=କଃ	କ+୍=କ୍
ka	kã	kaṁ	kaḥ	k
[kɔ]	[kɔ̃]	[kɔŋ]	[kɔh]	[k]

କ

କା

କି

କୀ

କୁ

କୂ

କୃ

କୄ

କୢ

କୣ

କେ (େକ)

କୈ (େକୖ)

କୋ (େକା)

କୌ (େକୗ)

ka

kā

ki

kī

ku

kū

kr̥

kr̥̄

kl̥

kl̥̄

ke

kai

ko

kau

[kɔ]

[kaː]

[ki]

[kiː]

[ku]

[kuː]

[kru]

[kruː]

[klu]

[kluː]

[keː]

[kɔi̯]

[kɔ]

[kɔu̯]

Vowel diacritics may be more or less fused with the consonants, though in modern printing such ligatures have become less common.