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Desia, also known as Desiya, Kotia, Adivasi Odia, Desia Odia or Koraputia, is an Indo-Aryan language variety of Odia, spoken in Koraput, Nabarangpur, Rayagada, Malkangiri districts Odisha and in the hilly regions of Vishakhapatnam and Vizianagaram districts of Andhra Pradesh. The variant spoken in Koraput is called Koraputia.

Phonology
Desia language has 19 consonant phonemes, 2 semivowel phonemes and 6 vowel phonemes. There are no long vowels in Desia just like Standard Odia. Desia shows the loss of retroflex consonant like voiced retroflex lateral approximant () which are present in Standard Odia, and a limited usage of retroflex unaspirated nasal (voiced retroflex nasal) (). ==References==
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