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Alphabet Santali

Ol Chiki Script

Ol Chiki ('writing letters') was created in 1925 by Raghunath Murmu for the Santali language, spoken by the Santal people across India, Bangladesh, and Nepal. It has 30 letters. Before its creation, Santali was written in Devanagari, Bengali, or Latin scripts. Ol Chiki is now one of the 22 official scripts of India.

Letters

CaractèreNomRomanisationPrononciation
ᱚOl (O)olike 'o' in 'go'
ᱛTaam (T)tlike 't' in 'top'
ᱜGaagg (G)glike 'g' in 'go'
ᱝAang (Ng)nglike 'ng' in 'sing'
ᱞLaang (L)llike 'l' in 'lamp'
ᱟAaj (A)alike 'a' in 'father'
ᱠAam (K)klike 'k' in 'key'
ᱡOjob (J)jlike 'j' in 'jam'
ᱢMael (M)mlike 'm' in 'moon'
ᱣAaw (W)wlike 'w' in 'water'
ᱤIiir (I)ilike 'ee' in 'meet'
ᱥSim (S)slike 's' in 'sun'
ᱦAam Haak (H)hlike 'h' in 'house'
ᱧAany (Ny)nylike 'ny' in 'canyon'
ᱨRel (R)rlike 'r' in 'run'
ᱩUul (U)ulike 'oo' in 'moon'
ᱪOoch (Ch)chlike 'ch' in 'cheese'
ᱫDo (D)dlike 'd' in 'dog'
ᱬDdo (Nd)nda prenasalized 'd'
ᱭAay (Y)ylike 'y' in 'yes'
ᱮAlak (E)elike 'e' in 'they'
ᱯAab (P)plike 'p' in 'pen'
ᱰDd (retroflex D)ḍa retroflex 'd'
ᱱNaa (N)nlike 'n' in 'night'
ᱲRr (retroflex R)ṛa retroflex 'r'
ᱳOoōlike 'o' in 'go' (long)
ᱴTts (retroflex T)ṭa retroflex 't'
ᱵBaah (B)blike 'b' in 'book'
ᱶLvlva lateral 'lv' sound
ᱷCaret (Aspiration)h (aspiration)marks aspiration on a preceding consonant