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Oriya Alphabet

Today I will teach you the Oriya alphabet. If you follow everything provided in this page, you will be able to read, write and pronounce the Oriya letters quickly and easily. I'm providing the sound so that you can hear the pronunciation of the characters. Oriya contains 64 letters (consonants and vowels). Below you will find the letters, the pronunciation and sound.

The following are the Oriya consonants. The consonants j and y are pronounced the same in Oriya. Initial ḍa, ḍha vary with intervocalic ṛa, ṛha.

[kɔ]
like kap
[kʰɔ]
like khan
[ɡɔ]
like gas
[ɡʱɔ]
like ghana
[ŋɔ]
like ṅap
[tʃɔ]
like cat
[tʃʰɔ]
like chat
[dʒɔ]
like jazz
[dʒʱɔ]
like jhar
[ɲɔ]
like new
[ʈɔ]
like ṭap
[ʈʱɔ]
like ṭha
[ɖɔ]
like ḍa
[ɖʱɔ]
like ḍha
ଡ଼[ɽɔ]
like ṛam
ଢ଼[ɽʱɔ]
like ṛha
[ɳɔ]
like ṇa
[t̪ɔ]
like ta
[t̪ʰɔ]
like tha
[d̪ɔ]
like da
[d̪ʱɔ]
like dha
[nɔ]
like na
[pɔ]
like pa
[pʰɔ]
like pha
[bɔ]
like ba
[]
like va
[bʱɔ]
like bha
[mɔ]
like ma
[dʒɔ]
like ya
[jɔ]
like ẏa
[rɔ]
like ra
[ɭɔ]
like ḷa
[lɔ]
like la
[wɔ]
like va
[sɔ]
like śa
[sɔ]
like ṣa
[sɔ]
like sa
[hɔ]
like ha

Oriya Vowels

These are the Oriya vowels. The vowels "ଇ" ("i"), "ଈ" ("ī"), "ଉ" ("u") and "ଊ" ("ū") are pronounced same as most long sounds are pronounced in the same way as short vowel sounds.

[ɔ]
like a
[aː]
like ā
[i]
like i
[iː]
like ī
[u]
like u
[uː]
like ū
[ru]
like
[ruː]
like r̥̄
[lu]
like
[luː]
like l̥̄
[eː]
like e
[ɔi̯]
like ai
[ɔ]
like o
[ɔu̯]
like au
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