Oriya Language Resources on the Web

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Basic Information

• Information card in the Ethnologue database.
• Altavista search.

Fonts and Software

• Proprietary:
  • C-DAC, Pune: Unix, DOS, Windows, Mac; a range of wordprocessing and related software.
  • InProS: To be released shortly (Feb 28, 1998).
  • LaserOriya: Windows 95, Windows 3.1x, DOS, Mac system 6.0.1 or later; TrueType or Type 1 fonts in various weights and sizes; Keyboard switcher for easy input.
  • Unitype: Windows 95/98 or NT 4.0; multi-language software including translations between supported languages.
  • Vijay: Mac and IBM PC; fonts with phonetic keyboard mapping.
• Shareware/Freeware:
  • Oriya TeX: fonts are now available for beta testing either from CTAN (UK), or from any of the CTAN mirror sites. If you test this out, report to Jeroen Hellingman, who is the author of the font package.

Language Tutorials and Teaching Aids

• Online Oriya language dictionary^N in the Oriya script. Fonts are generated dynamically, so there's no need to download fonts.

History and Relationship to other Languages

The Language, Literature and Songs

• The Oriya Homepage.
• Oriya literature:
  • Oriya poetry.
  • Biographies of Oriya writers.
  • Sambit: a magazine on Oriya literature.
  • Oriya Language and Literature
• Oriya songs:
  • Songs: au, RealAudio and wav.

Trivia

• Greetings to the universe in Oriya (from the Voyager spacecraft).

Other Pages of Oriya Links

• The multilingual PC directory
• Oriya Software Digest: Index of software from ComStar.