Oriya script
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| Oriya | ||
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| Type: | Abugida | |
| Languages: | Oriya | |
| Time period: | 12th Century to the present | |
| Parent writing systems: | Proto-Sinaitic Phoenician Aramaic Brāhmī Gupta script Nagari Bengali Oriya |
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| ISO 15924 code: | Orya | |
| Note: This page may contain IPA phonetic symbols in Unicode. See IPA chart for English for an English-based pronunciation key. | ||
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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[edit] History
The modern Oriya script is a development of the early form of the Bengali script, which in turn was one of many descendents 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, 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.
[edit] Oriya in Unicode
The Unicode range for Oriya is U+0B00 ... U+0B7F.
| 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | A | B | C | D | E | F | ||
| 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 | | | | | | | | |
[edit] See also
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[edit] 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
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