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.

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.

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

Some other diacritics are:

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