Languages of Odisha

Odia is the official language of Odisha and is spoken by the majority of the population.

Odia is the most widely spoken language in Odisha, with over 30 million speakers.

Hindi is the second most widely spoken language in Odisha, with over 10 million speakers.

Bengali is the third most widely spoken language in Odisha, with over 5 million speakers.

Telugu is the fourth most widely spoken language in Odisha, with over 2 million speakers.

Marathi is the fifth most widely spoken language in Odisha, with over 1 million speakers.

Gujarati is the sixth most widely spoken language in Odisha, with over 500,000 speakers.

Punjabi is the seventh most widely spoken language in Odisha, with over 250,000 speakers.

Tamil is the eighth most widely spoken language in Odisha, with over 100,000 speakers.

Kannada is the ninth most widely spoken language in Odisha, with over 50,000 speakers.

Malayalam is the tenth most widely spoken language in Odisha, with over 25,000 speakers.

Assamese is the eleventh most widely spoken language in Odisha, with over 10,000 speakers.

Nepali is the twelfth most widely spoken language in Odisha, with over 5,000 speakers.

Bhojpuri is the thirteenth most widely spoken language in Odisha, with over 2,500 speakers.

Maithili is the fourteenth most widely spoken language in Odisha, with over 1,000 speakers.