History of Odia language
The spoken and written language of our state is called Odia. It is now recognized as a classical language. "Odia word" is a variant of the word Udriya. An ancient text called "Natyasastra" written by Bharata Muni mentions the languages spoken by Shabar, Avir, and Odra castes. Judging from that point of view, about two thousand years ago, there was a spoken language called Odra or Udriya in this region; which has evolved into the Odia language over time. The Vedic language is the oldest spoken and written language on earth* (disputed ). On the basis of that Vedic language, the cultural language was born. Earlier, Sanskrit was the written and spoken language of the Arya. The language spoken by the people was called the Prakrit. We find examples of Prakrit language in ancient Sanskrit drama. The names of those native languages are Shauraseni, Maharastri, Peishachi, Magadhi, Pali etc. The Tripitaka, the scriptures of the Buddhists, is an ancient Prakrit written in the Pali language. Odia language was also called Prakrit earlier. Jagannath Das translated the Sanskrit Bhagavat into Odia and wrote-
PRAKRIT BANDHE BHAGABATA, KAHAI JAGANNATHA DASA
Evolution Of Odia Language
"PRAKRUTI" - this word means 'public' or 'people'. So the public language is "Prakrit". It is mainly related to the Sanskrit language. "Writing" was not discovered in the ancient Vedic period. People used to remember the Vedas by listening to them. Hence the other name of the Vedas is "Shruti". At that time the language of the Vedas was the spoken and literary language of that time. The origin of the Sanskrit language from the Vedic language of the Vedas. The language spoken by the public at all times can be called a Prakrit language.
- Ancient Indo-Aryan language or Vedic language
- Medieval Indo-Aryan language or Prakrit
- Modern Indo-Aryan language