Less than 84 % of the population of Odisha are native speakers .
Odia ( ) ( formerly romanized as Oriya ) is a Classical Indo-Aryan language spoken in the Indian state of Odisha.  It is the official language in Odisha ( Orissa ) where native speakers make up 85 % of the population , also spoken in parts of West Bengal , Ordeal of Oriya-speaking students in West Bengal to end soon Jharkhand , Chhattisgarh , Govt to provide study facility to Odia-speaking people in State and Andhra Pradesh .
Odia language