Desiya is an Eastern Indo-Aryan language spoken in northeastern India, mainly in Odisha state, particularly in the districts of Koraput, Nabarangpur, Rayagada, Malkangiri and Kalahandi, and also in the Vishakhapatnam and Vizianagaram districts of Andhra Pradesh. In 2011 there were about 227,000 speakers of Desiya.
Desiya is also known as Deshia, Desia, Desiya Oriya or Koraput Oriya. It is considered a dialect of Odia, and is closely related to Adivasi Odia dialects spoken in Andhra Pradesh.
Download an alphabet chart for Desiya (Excel)
Information about written Desiya supplied by Wolfram Siegel (PDF)
Information about Desiya
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Desiya_language
https://www.ethnologue.com/language/dso
Awadhi, Assamese, Bagri, Bengali, Bhili, Bishnupriya Manipuri, Braj, Chakma, Chhattisgarhi, Chittagonian, Desiya, Dhatki, Dhivehi, Dhundari, Fiji Hindi, Gawar Bati, Gujarati, Hajong, Halbi, Haryanvi, Hindi, Hindko, Kannauji, Khandeshi, Konkani, Kotia, Kumaoni, Kutchi, Lambadi, Marathi, Marwari, Mewari, Modi, Nimadi, Noakhailla, Odia, Parkari Koli, Punjabi, Rajasthani, Rajbanshi, Rangpuri, Rohingya, Saraiki, Sarnámi Hindustani, Sindhi, Sinhala, Sourashtra, Sugali, Sylheti, Tanchangya, Urdu
Bhumij, Chhattisgarhi, Desiya, Halbi, Juang, Kharia, Kurmali, Mundari, Odia, Santali, Sora
Languages written with the Latin alphabet
Date created: 09.06.21. Last modified: 09.06.21
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