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Locale or 001

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Use when working with the Odia locale (`or-001`) — its endonym ଓଡ଼ିଆ, Oriya script, left-to-right (LTR) direction, or spoken-population data. Reference data and translation guidance (register, grammar, idiom, typography) for this specific locale; see [[locale]] for general i18n/l10n concepts (BCP 47, plural rules, RTL) that apply across all locales.

Reference data for the Odia locale — endonym ଓଡ଼ିଆ, written in the Oriya script, left-to-right (LTR).

Identifiers

  • BCP 47 tag: or-001
  • ISO 639-1: or
  • ISO 639-3: ori
  • Script: Orya (Oriya)
  • Region: 001 (World)
  • Text direction: ltr — left-to-right (LTR)

Speakers (approximate)

  • L1 (native): 34,000,000
  • L2 (additional): 4,000,000
  • L1+L2 (total): 38,000,000

Regional variants

This is the base/macro locale for Odia. Region-specific variants in this dataset:

Pluralization

CLDR plural categories for this locale: one, other (2 forms).

  • one — n = 1 (e.g. 1)
  • other — everything else (e.g. 0, 2~16, 100, 1000, …)

See Unicode Messageformat for writing plural messages using these categories.

Translating into this locale

Odia (ଓଡ଼ିଆ) is an Indo-Aryan language of Odisha, written in the Odia script, which has round letter forms. See Locale or in.

Translate ideas, not words.

  • Odia is subject-object-verb with postpositions. Reorder English sentences.
  • Do not translate from Bengali or Hindi; Odia shares roots but has its own grammar and spelling.
  • Accept established English loans in Odia script (ଫାଇଲ୍, ପାସୱାର୍ଡ୍, ଆପ୍), and use the Odisha government's glossaries for official terms.

Grammar and register.

  • No grammatical gender on nouns; verbs agree with the subject in person and honorific level.
  • "ଆପଣ" is the polite "you" for UI and public text; "ତୁମେ" is informal; "ତୁ" is intimate. Do not mix.
  • UI commands use the polite imperative ("ସଂରକ୍ଷଣ କରନ୍ତୁ") or the infinitive.

Orthography and typography.

  • Use the Odia letters ଡ଼ and ଢ଼ (with nukta-like dot) and ୟ and ଯ correctly. Follow the Odisha Sahitya Akademi's spelling.
  • Punctuation: the danda (।); digits: Odia (୦-୯) in print, Arabic in UI; ₹; Indian grouping.

Common pitfalls

  • Confusing ଯ and ୟ or ଡ ଢ with ଡ଼ ଢ଼.
  • Using Bengali or Hindi spelling.
  • Mixing ଆପଣ and ତୁମେ.

Learn more

  • Locale for BCP 47 identifiers, locale-sensitive formatting, pluralization, and text-direction concepts that apply across all locales.
  • Unicode Messageformat for writing plural/selection messages correctly for this locale's grammar.
  • Microsoft Localization Style Guides for Indian languages (https://learn.microsoft.com/globalization/reference/microsoft-style-guides)
  • Odisha Sahitya Akademi

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