- A language spoken by more than 30 million people and traces of which has been found in the even the 2nd Century BC! A language older than 2000 years old!
- Written evidence of modern form of Odia is found from as early as eighth century AD.
- Oriya is the language that bears the closest resemblace to Sanskrit in its spoken form.
- Jayadeva - an eminent Sanskrit poet from 13th century and who composed the "geet govinda" was from Puri, Orissa. Jayadeva's works had a profound influence on Oriya art forms like the Odissi Dance, devotional songs and Oriya language and culture.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oriya_language
A Comprehensive English-Oriya Dictionary is available free at Google Books (early 20th century dictionary)
http://books.google.es/books?id=b7tmlF2a7fcC&printsec=frontcover&dq=oriya&as_brr=3#v=onepage&q&f=false
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