Kalinga alphabet

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The Kalinga script is one of many descendants of the ancient Pali script used in what is now modern-day regions of Odisha. The Kalinga alphabet was primarily used to write Odia & Telugu in north Andhra Pradesh of the ancient state of Kalinga. It is visually very similar to Pali.

Odisha State in Eastern India

Odisha is one of the 29 states of India. Located in eastern India, it is surrounded by the states of West Bengal to the north-east, Jharkhand to the north, Chhattisgarh to the west and north-west, and Andhra Pradesh to the south. Odisha has 485 kilometres (301 mi) of coastline along the Bay of Bengal on its east, from Balasore to Ganjam. It is the 9th largest state by area, and the 11th largest by population. It is also the 3rd most populous state of India in terms of tribal population. Odia is the official and most widely spoken language, spoken by 36.6 million according to the 2016 Census.

Odia language classical Indian language

Odia is a classical Indo-Aryan language spoken in the Indian state of Odisha.

Telugu language Dravidian language

Telugu is a Dravidian language spoken in the Indian states of Andhra Pradesh, Telangana and the union territories of Puducherry (Yanam) by the Telugu people. It stands alongside Hindi, English and Bengali as one of the few languages with primary official language status in more than one Indian state. There are also significant linguistic minorities in neighbouring states. It is one of six languages designated a classical language of India by the country's government.

By the 12th century, this script eventually became the current Odia alphabet.


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