Baleswari Odia
Baleswari Odia (Odia: ବାଲେଶ୍ୱରୀ ଓଡ଼ିଆ), also Northern Odia or North Balasore Odia, is a dialect of Odia spoken in the northern regions of Indian state of Odisha. It is spoken in the districts of Balasore, Bhadrak, Mayurbhanj (commonly called "Mayurbhanjia") and Kendujhar (commonly called "Kendujharia"). It has linguistic variations to standard Odia. While the dialects spoken in these districts vary with regional influences and influences from different local community and tribal language groups, the Baleswari Odia from the northern coastal Balasore region has a distinct accent with some similarity with the nearby Medinipuri Odia dialect and Bengali. The  dialect in Bhadrak district have more similarity with the standard Odia. Features. Baleswari substitutes "କିସ" (kisa) for a frequently used word "କଣ" (kaṇa) meaning "what" and "କେନେ" (kene) for "କାହିଁକି" (kāhĩki) meaning why. Most of the syllables which are pronounced as "o" in Standard Odia are pronounced as "u" in Baleswaria such as "ଓଡ଼ିଶା" () is pronounced as "ଉଡ଼ିସା" . The following is a list of major words in Baleswari: Grammatical differences Vowel Harmony- o to u phoneme shift- Nouns, this phonetic feature is also seen in Sambalpuri Vowel Harmony- o to u phoneme shift- Verbs Baleswari Odia words, verbs and expressions