Baleswari Odia

Baleswari Odia (ବାଲେଶ୍ୱରୀ ଓଡିଆ) or Northern Odia (ଉତ୍ତରୀ ଓଡିଆ) is a major dialect of Odia^[1] which has linguistic variations^[2] spoken in Balasore , Bhadrak and Mayurbhanj districts of Odisha, though the dialect is popularly known as Baleswari there are little variations which vary from place to place. Baleswari Odia spoken in Mayurbhanj are more similar and have impact of tribal twang and northern Baleswar regions have a typically different accent and little Bengali impact. Baleswari Odia in Baleswar urban and the other parts of Baleswar are similar, but when you move towards Soro, Baleshwar, Bhadrak and places of Baleswar district close to Bhadrak district the accent is more like standard Odia mixed with Baleswari Odia.^[3]

There are several interesting facts about this dialect. Baleswari Odia has a substitute "Kisa" (କିସ) for the mostly used word "Kana" (କଣ/କଅଣ) (means What). Most of the syllables which are pronounced as "o" are pronounced as "u" in Baleswari Odia, e.g. Odisa (ଓଡ଼ିସା) is pronounced Udisa (ଉଡ଼ିସା).

Here is a list of major words with Baleswari Odia.

Standard Odia	Baleswari Odia
Kana (କଣ/କଅଣ)	Kisa(କିସ)
Kanhiki (କାହିଁକି)	Kene(କେନେ)
Odisa (ଓଡ଼ିସା)	Udisa (ଉଡ଼ିସା)
Potala (ପୋଟଳ)	Putula (ପୁଟୁଳ)
Khaibaku (ଖାଇବାକୁ)	Khaite (ଖାଇତେ)
Soibaku (ସୋଇବାକୁ)	Suite (ସୁଇତେ)
Jibi (ଜିବି)	Jimi (ଜିମି)
Goda (ଗୋଡ଼)	Guda (ଗୁଡ଼)
Polo (ପୋଲ)	Pula (ପୁଲ)
Luna (ଲୁଣ), Luga (ଲୁଗା)	Nuna (ନୁଣ), Nuga (ନୁଗା)
Olata (ଓଲଟା)	Ulta (ଉଲଟା)

References

1. Les Langues écrites Du Monde: Relevé Du Degré Et Des Modes D'utilisation. Presses Université Laval. 1978. pp. 389–. ISBN 978-2-7637-7186-1. Retrieved 20 June 2012.
2. Kunjabihari Das; L. K. Mahapatra (1979). Folklore of Orissa. National Book Trust. Retrieved 20 June 2012.
3. Bhargava, Gopal K., and S. C. Bhatt. Orissa. Land and people of Indian states and union territories / eds. S. C. Bhatt; 3011, vol. 21. Delhi: Kalpaz publ, 2006.p.231 and following