Baleswari Odia
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Baleswari Odia (Odia: ବାଲେଶ୍ୱରୀ ଓଡ଼ିଆ), also Northern Odia[1] or North Balasore Odia, is a dialect of Odia[2] spoken in the northern regions of Indian state of Odisha. It is spoken in the districts of Balasore, Bhadrak, Mayurbhanj (commonly called Mayurbhanjia) and Kendujhar (commonly called Kendujharia).
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Baleswari Odia | |
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Northern Odia | |
ବାଲେଶ୍ୱରୀ ଓଡ଼ିଆ | |
Native to | India |
Region | Odisha (Baleswar, Bhadrak, Mayurbhanj, Kendujhar) |
Ethnicity | Odias |
Odia | |
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ISO 639-3 | – |
Glottolog | nort2660 North Balasore Oriya |
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It has linguistic variations to standard Odia.[3] While the dialects spoken in these districts vary with regional influences and influences from different local community and tribal language groups, the Baleswari Odia from the northern coastal Balasore region has a distinct accent with some similarity with the nearby Medinipuri dialect of Odia and Bengali. The dialect in Bhadrak district have more similarity with the standard Odia.