Oriya Language, History of Oriya language

HISTORY OF THE ORIYA LANGUAGE

Oriya, has been derived from the Eastern Magadhi Apabhramsa. The history of Oriya language is divided into Old Oriya (10th century-1300), Early Middle Oriya (1300-1500), Middle Oriya (1500-1700), Late Middle Oriya (1700-1850) and Modern Oriya (1850 till current day).

Old Oriya (7th century-1200): The Oriya language begins to appear in engravings with Oriya scripts in temples, copper plates, palm-leaf manuscripts etc.
Early Middle Oriya (1200–1400): The earliest use of style can be found in the Madala Panji or the Palm-leaf Chronicles of the Jagannatha temple at Puri.
Middle Oriya (1400–1700): long poem in Oriya was written by Mahabharat, Chandi Puran, Vilanka Ramayan of Shudramuni Sarala Das. Towards the 16th century, five poets emerged, they are known as the Panchasakha's .The poets are Balaram Das, Jagannath Das, Achyutananda Das, Ananta Das and Jasobanta Das.
Late Middle Oriya (1700–1850): In 17th century when Ramachandra Pattanayaka wrote Haravali a new form of novels in poetry evolved. Upendra Bhanja took a leading role in this period, his Baidehisha Bilasa, Koti Brahmanda Sundari, Lavanyabati creations were proved landmark in Oriya Literature. Prominent Kavyas of this time are Dinakrushna Das’s Rasokallola and Abhimanyu samanta Simhara’s Bidagdha Chintamani. Kabi surya Baladeb Rath, Santha Kabi or Andha Muni Bhima Bhoi, Brajanath Badajena and Gopal Krushna Pattanaik are four major poets who emerged in the end of the era
Modern Oriya (1850 till current day): The first Oriya printing typeset was cast in 1836 by the Christian missionaries who made great revolutions in Oriya literature and language.

Oriya

Spoken in

Indian state of Odisha, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Andhra Pradesh, West Bengal, Andaman and Nicobar Islands and several others

Total speakers

35 million worldwide

Region

Odisha, Jharkhand

Writing system

Kalinga Script

Official language of

India (Odisha)

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