Oriya
The Oriya (pronounced “OH-ree-uh,” not “oh-REE-uh”) script is related to the other northern Brahmi scripts we've already considered, although its appearance varies more. It's used to write the Oriya language of the Orissa region of eastern India, as well as several minority languages spoken in the same region, such as Khondi and Santali.
The distinguishing feature of Oriya letters is the curved headstroke instead of the straight horizontal headstroke of Devanagari, Bengali, and Gurmukhi. Oriya has 33 consonants, 12 independent vowels, and 10 dependent vowels (Figure 9.7). As with the other scripts, Oriya consonants carry an inherent a sound, and the other vowels are represented as diacritical marks when they follow a consonant.
Figure 9.7. ...
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