Ganjami Odia

Ganjami Odia
Southern Odia
ଗଞ୍ଜାମୀ
Native to	India
Region	Odisha (Ganjam, Gajapati, Kandhamal)
Ethnicity	Odias
Language family	Indo-European Indo-Iranian Indo-Aryan Eastern Odia Ganjami Odia
Writing system	Odia
Language codes
ISO 639-3	–
Glottolog	sout2666  Southern Oriya

Ganjami Odia (ଗଞ୍ଜାମୀ ଓଡ଼ିଆ) or Southern Odia is a dialect of the Odia language spoken in Ganjam, Gajapati and Kandhamal districts of Odisha and in the Srikakulam district of Andhra Pradesh. The variant spoken in Berhampur is known as Berhampuria (ବ୍ରହ୍ମପୁରିଆ).

Comparison

The following is a list of common (but not exhaustive) differences between Ganjami and standard Odia:

Standard Odia	Ganjami Odia
Kana (କଣ/କଅଣ)	Kiana (କିଅଣ)
Tarkāri (ତରକାରି)	Tuna/Tiana (ତୁଣ/ ତିଅଣ)
Loka (ଲୋକ)	Noka (ନୋକ)
Luna (ଲୁଣ)	Nuna (ନୁଣ)
Oltā (ଓଲଟା)	Ultā (ଉଲଟା)
Birakta (ବିରକ୍ତ)	Bijāra (ବିଜାର)
Goliā ghānti (ଗୋଳିଆ ଘାଣ୍ଟି)	Alara (ଅଲରା)
Khatā (ଖଟା)	Ambila (ଆମ୍ବିଳ)
Sajanā (ସଜନା)	Munikā (ମୁନିକା)
Bandhākobi (ବନ୍ଧାକୋବି)	Patrakobi (ପତ୍ରକୋବି)
Gudie (ଗୁଡ଼ିଏ)	Menche (ମେଞ୍ଚେ)

Further reading

• Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Southern Oriya". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.