Baleswari Odia, also Northern Odia or North Balasore Odia, is a variety of Odia spoken in the northern regions of Indian state of Odisha. It is spoken in the districts of Balasore, Bhadrak, Mayurbhanj and Kendujhar.
Features
Baleswari substitutes () for a frequently used word () meaning 'what' and () for () meaning 'why'. Most of the syllables which are pronounced as "o" in Standard Odia are pronounced as "u" in Baleswaria such as () is pronounced as . The following is a list of major words in Baleswari: ==References==