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Learn Ol Chiki

Ol Chiki is the script created for Santali by Pandit Raghunath Murmu in 1925. Learn its 30 letters, digits and marks — then practise with quick quizzes.

Step 1

The alphabet

30 letters in six rows — each row begins with a vowel. Tap a letter.

vowels · sounds use SANTALIQ's draft romanization, under native-speaker review.

ᱚ

Vowel

Sound: o

U+1C5A · row 1

In other scripts

Roman: o
Bengali: অ
Odia: ଅ
Devanagari: अ

Digits

᱐0

᱑1

᱒2

᱓3

᱔4

᱕5

᱖6

᱗7

᱘8

᱙9

Marks & punctuation

◌ᱸMU TTUDDAGnasalization
◌ᱹGAAHLAA TTUDDAAGvowel modifier
◌ᱺMU-GAAHLAA TTUDDAAGnasalization + vowel modifier
◌ᱻRELAAlength mark
◌ᱼPHAARKAAglottal protector
◌ᱽAHADdeglottalization
◌᱾MUCAADfull stop
◌᱿DOUBLE MUCAADdouble full stop

Step 2

Practise

Ten questions each. Your best score is saved in this browser.

Step 3 · Type it

Use the Santali keyboard to write Ol Chiki on any device.

See it in other scripts

Convert between Ol Chiki, Roman, Bengali, Odia and Devanagari.

Read real writing

Read Santali articles, poetry and stories in Ol Chiki.