Ol Chiki script

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Ol Chiki script is an alphabetic writing system specifically created in the 20th century for the Santhali language, used primarily by the Santal people of eastern India and neighboring regions.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf alphabet
writing system
associatedEthnicGroup Santalī
surface form: Santal
associatedLanguageFamily Munda languages
characterSetType non-abjad
non-abugida
true alphabet
creationPeriod 20th century
creationYear 1925
creator Raghunath Murmu
surface form: Pandit Raghunath Murmu
designGoal represent Santali phonology accurately
digitalFontsAvailable true
digitalSupport available in major operating systems
hasCaseDistinction false
hasConsonants 24
hasDistinctConsonantLetters true
hasDistinctVowelLetters true
hasLetters 30
hasNumerals true
hasPunctuation true
hasVowels 6
ISO15924Code Olck
notDerivedFrom Brahmic scripts
primaryLanguage Santhali
surface form: Santali language
primaryUsagePeriod late 20th century to present
purpose to write the Santali language
recognizedBy Government of India
region eastern India
scriptCategory featural elements
scriptDirection left-to-right
status official script for Santali in India
UnicodeBlockName Ol Chiki script self-linksurface differs
surface form: Ol Chiki
UnicodeBlockRange U+1C50–U+1C7F
UnicodeVersionIntroduced 5.1
usedBy Santal people
usedFor Santali literature
education in Santali
newspapers in Santali
religious texts in Santali
usedIn People's Republic of Bangladesh (from East Pakistan)
surface form: Bangladesh

India
Nepal
usedInOfficialDocuments true
usedInSignage true
writingSystemFamily indigenous scripts of India
writingSystemType alphabetic script

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Referenced by (14)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Santhali writingSystem Ol Chiki script
Austroasiatic writingSystem Ol Chiki script
this entity surface form: Ol Chiki (for Santali)
Santhal script Ol Chiki script
this entity surface form: Ol Chiki
North Munda languages writingSystemForMajorLanguage Ol Chiki script
this entity surface form: Ol Chiki script (for Santali)
Santalī writingSystem Ol Chiki script
Santalī hasScript Ol Chiki script
this entity surface form: Ol Chiki
Mundari hasWritingSystem Ol Chiki script
Raghunath Murmu notableWork Ol Chiki script
Raghunath Murmu scriptInvented Ol Chiki script
this entity surface form: Ol Chiki
Raghunath Murmu hasScript Ol Chiki script
this entity surface form: Ol Chiki
Raghunath Murmu associatedWith Ol Chiki script
this entity surface form: Ol Chiki literature
Ol Chiki script UnicodeBlockName Ol Chiki script self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Ol Chiki
Tripuri people traditionalScript Ol Chiki script
this entity surface form: Ol Chiki (historically used for some)}
Santal people script Ol Chiki script