Oriya Letters

Let's now learn the Oriya letters. Knowing these characters will allow you to read and write commonly used expressions and words with ease.

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.

କ	[kɔ] as in kap
ଖ	[kʰɔ] as in khan
ଗ	[ɡɔ] as in gas
ଘ	[ɡʱɔ] as in ghana
ଙ	[ŋɔ] as in ṅap
ଚ	[tʃɔ] as in cat
ଛ	[tʃʰɔ] as in chat
ଜ	[dʒɔ] as in jazz
ଝ	[dʒʱɔ] as in jhar
ଞ	[ɲɔ] as in new
ଟ	[ʈɔ] as in ṭap
ଠ	[ʈʱɔ] as in ṭha
ଡ	[ɖɔ] as in ḍa
ଢ	[ɖʱɔ] as in ḍha
ଡ଼	[ɽɔ] as in ṛam
ଢ଼	[ɽʱɔ] as in ṛha
ଣ	[ɳɔ] as in ṇa
ତ	[t̪ɔ] as in ta
ଥ	[t̪ʰɔ] as in tha
ଦ	[d̪ɔ] as in da
ଧ	[d̪ʱɔ] as in dha
ନ	[nɔ] as in na
ପ	[pɔ] as in pa
ଫ	[pʰɔ] as in pha
ବ	[bɔ] as in ba
ଵ	[] as in va
ଭ	[bʱɔ] as in bha
ମ	[mɔ] as in ma
ଯ	[dʒɔ] as in ya
ୟ	[jɔ] as in ẏa
ର	[rɔ] as in ra
ଲ	[ɭɔ] as in ḷa
ଳ	[lɔ] as in la
ୱ	[wɔ] as in va
ଶ	[sɔ] as in śa
ଷ	[sɔ] as in ṣa
ସ	[sɔ] as in sa
ହ	[hɔ] as in 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.

ଅ	[ɔ] as in a
ଆ	[aː] as in ā
ଇ	[i] as in i
ଈ	[iː] as in ī
ଉ	[u] as in u
ଊ	[uː] as in ū
ଋ	[ru] as in r̥
ୠ	[ruː] as in r̥̄
ଌ	[lu] as in l̥
ୡ	[luː] as in l̥̄
ଏ	[eː] as in e
ଐ	[ɔi̯] as in ai
ଓ	[ɔ] as in o
ଔ	[ɔu̯] as in au
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The above letters in Oriya should allow you to read and write the following pages with much ease: popular phrases in Oriya, Oriya homepage, or Oriya Grammar. Oriya quiz and flashcard can also be found on our homepage.

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