Santali language - Wikipedia
Santali (Pronounced: [santaɽi], Ol Chiki: ᱥᱟᱱᱛᱟᱲᱤ, Bengali: সাঁওতালী, Odia: ସାନ୍ତାଳୀ, Devanagari: संताली), also known as Santal or Santhali, is the most widely-spoken language of the Munda subfamily of the Austroasiatic languages, related to Ho and Mundari, spoken mainly in the Indian states of Assam, Bihar, Jharkhand, Mizoram, Odisha, Tripura a...
Santali language | Origin, Script, Alphabet | Britannica
Santali language, a Munda language spoken primarily in the east-central Indian states of West Bengal, Jharkhand, and Orissa. At the turn of the 21st century there were approximately 6 million speakers of Santali, some 4.8 million of whom lived in India, more than 150,000 in …
Santali language and alphabets - Omniglot
Santali is a Munda language spoken mainly in Jharkhand and West Bengal states in northern India, and also in northwestern Bangladesh, eastern Nepal and Bhutan by about 7.6 million people.
Santali: Language and Script - etribaltribune.com
Santali represents the largest group in India speaking a tribal language. People speaking Santali are called Santals and are spread over four states – Bihar, West Bengal, Orissa and Tripura.
Santali language - Wikiwand
Santali (Pronounced: [santaɽi], Ol Chiki: ᱥᱟᱱᱛᱟᱲᱤ, Bengali: সাঁওতালী, Odia: ସାନ୍ତାଳୀ, Devanagari: संताली), also known as Santal or Santhali, is the most widely-spoken language of the Munda subfamily of the Austroasiatic languages, related to Ho and Mundari, spoken mainly in the Indian states of Assam, Bihar, Jharkhand, Mizoram, Odisha, Tripura a...
Santali Language and Grammar - YouTube
This Santali Language and Grammar Tutorial Channel helps the Santals and others to learn and teach Santali Alphabet, phonetics, morphology, literature, grammar, writing system and use of...
Santali language and a history of the creation of its script
While the Santal community is universally recognized to have ancient roots, its written record is limited to barely 200 years, the first century of which had been written in borrowed scripts and largely by non-native speakers.
Ol Chiki Script: An Interesting Gateway to Santali Language and …
By creating a script specifically for Santali, Raghunath Murmu effectively elevated the language to a written, teachable form, paving the way for formal education in Santali. One of the remarkable contributions of the Ol Chiki script has been its role in Santali literature.
Santali - Living Tongues Institute for Endangered Languages
Santali [sat] is by far the largest of the Munda languages and the only one with recognition by the Indian government as an official language. This Kherwarian North Munda language is spoken mainly in the states of Jharkhand and Orissa, with pockets of speakers found in adjacent areas of West Bengal and north and eastward as far as southeastern ...
Santali manuscripts and cultural heritage - Nasjonalbiblioteket
The manuscripts contain cultural knowledge in the form of narratives about aspects of Santali language, culture, and oral history. The Santali sources lived in the former district known as Santhal Parganas.