Untill 20th century Santhali did not have a written language and just a dialect.
Santhali was either not written at all, or was just written in Bengali, Oriya, Devanagari or Roman script. The Christians missionaries prefer to write Santhali with Latin Alphabet.
The Ol Chiki script (also called Ol cemet or santali) was created by Pandit Raghunath Murmu in 1920's which is spoken by about 5.8 million people in india, Bangladesh, Nepal and Bhutan.
The alphabet was designed for southern dialect of Santhali spoken in the Mayurbhanj district of the Indian state of Orissa.
The script is an alphabet, i.e, consonants and vowels are each written with independent letters. It is written from left to right.
Ol Chiki is written in 30 letters; 6 vowels; 24 consonants.
Ol Chiki Vowels
Santhali was either not written at all, or was just written in Bengali, Oriya, Devanagari or Roman script. The Christians missionaries prefer to write Santhali with Latin Alphabet.
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| Pandit Raghunath Murmu Born on 5th May,1905 and expired on 1st February, 1982 |
The alphabet was designed for southern dialect of Santhali spoken in the Mayurbhanj district of the Indian state of Orissa.
The script is an alphabet, i.e, consonants and vowels are each written with independent letters. It is written from left to right.
Ol Chiki is written in 30 letters; 6 vowels; 24 consonants.
Ol Chiki Vowels
Ol Chiki Consonants
Ol Chiki Diacritic
Ol Chiki Digits
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